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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 261

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    65. A pretty brown beast with a pair of leather horns. A leaper of ditches, a cropper of thorns.
    Answer = a hare
    66. Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stood (above) still
    Answer = a hen laying an egg
    67. What goes from house to house and stays out all night?
    Answer = a path
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    66. Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stood (above) still
    Answer = a hen laying an egg
    67. What goes from house to house and stays out all the night?
    Answer = A path
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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
    Martin Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Copse, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Elizabeth Brennan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Copse, Co. Roscommon