School: Tullogher, Ros Mhic Treoin (roll number 14648)
- Location:
- Tullagher, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mrs Winnie Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 422
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- 1. Riddle me, riddle me, ree,
What shall a riddle be,
Through a rock, through a reel,
Through an oul' car wheel,
Through a bag of pepper,
Through a sheep's shank bone,
Riddle me that, or let it alone. (A moth.)2. Good morrow an' a half,
And your wife behind you,
She's not my wife, she is nearer to kin,
Her mother was a mother, to my mother,
How near are we them ?(Nephew and Aunt.) 3.
A lovely maiden laid in a garden,
She was made a wife the first day of her life,
And died before she was born. (Eve)4. If your uncle's sister is not your Aunt,
What relationship is she to to you ?(Your mother.)5. I have a roomful, and I cannot take a spoonful.(Smoke)(continues on next page)
