School: Drumgossatt (B.) (roll number 14071)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: T. Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0929, Page 241
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- (continued from previous page)washed and boiled and the skin was taken off me and they opened a hole and swallowed me what was it
A potatoWhat sleeps on one leg
A ganderAs I was going to the fair I met twenty women and thirty men how many were going to the fair
One I myselfHow far can a dog run into a field?
He can run in half way then he is going outBlack I am and much admired. Many a horse I have tired gold and silver I have cost But now Im on the street at last
CoalRiddle riddle ree such a riddle could not be through a rock through a ree through an old spinning wheel through a rap a dapper through a bag of pepper through an old shink-shank' bone Riddle me that or let it a alone
A motMy master sent me to your master for the gig the gag the bellie whang the long thing the short thing the thing my master sits upon
A saddleWhat goes from house to house and sleeps outside at night
A padWhat's the first thing smells when you go in to a chemical shop.
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