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School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

Location:
Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 063

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    she lives the shorter she grows?
    A candle
    32. Hink, Hank, under bank, then drawing four?
    A woman milking a cow.
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  2. Riddles

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    1. What is it that goes up white and comes down yellow?
    An egg
    2. Under the hat and over the head what is that?
    The hair of a man's head
    3. As I went into the town of Elphin I met ten little chickens, a cock and a hen. God bless you said I and they all said, Amen how many and I went into Elphin?
    Myself alone
    4. Over the water and under the water and still it never touches the water?
    Ann unlaid duck egg
    5. Through the wood and through the field with it's head
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carricklom, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr John Mc Garry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillstreet, Co. Roscommon