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School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)

Location:
Robertstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 259

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    1. The man that made it never used it. The man that bought it did not want it. The man that wore it never saw it
    A coffin.
    2. Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes
    A tongs.
    3. Red and red I am admired
    Horse and man I often tired
    Gold and silver I have made
    And on the manure heap I am laid
    Turf and ashes.
    4. Black and whiote and read all over
    A newspaper.
    5. A little white and round house and it is full of met it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    An egg.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Celine Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Kildare