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School: Drummullan (roll number 13829)

Location:
Drummullin, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 314

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    Patch upon patch without any stitche riddle me that and I will buy you a breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    What is the difference between an egg and a chicken
    Three weeks.
    Black and white went up the hill black came down and white stood above,
    A hen with an egg.
    A little black man with his house on his back.
    A snail.
    What is it that is in the shop and never sold, in the meadow and never moved,
    The sun.
    A messenger running from house to house and out at night,
    A Path.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Roscommon