School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)

Location:
Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0009

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  1. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. A cake in an oven
    As I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers I saw the dead burying the live
    A woman raking the fire
    Ink, ank under the bank ten drawing four
    A woman milking a cow.
    Round the house and round the house and all heads down
    Tacks in shoes.
    Long legged father big body mother three little children as black as each other
    A pot and pot-hooks.
    Little Jenny Huddle sitting in a puddle with a green gown and a white petticoat
    a rush.
    Patches upon patches and no stitch in it riddle me that and I'll buy a new breeches for you. A cabbage head.
    Its white and black and read all over
    A newspaper.
    In between two woods and out between two waters. A person with two buckets of water
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English