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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 141

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    “R Up and Down up and down, never touches sky or ground.”

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    R. Up and down up and down, never touches sky or ground. A. The handle of a pump.
    R. Where was Moses when the light went out. A. Under the bed scratching for matches.
    R. Black and white and red all over. A. A Newspaper.
    R. What part of the cow comes over the ditch first. A. Her breath.
    R. Up she got and to it she took every rag on her back was shook. A. A woman churning.
    R. Constantinople is a very hard word if you are not able to spell "it" you are a dunce. A. I.T.
    R. A little man with a red head the longer he lives the shorter he grows. A. A candle.
    R. Eighty (eight tea pronunced eighty) cups on the table one broke how many (was) were left. A. Seven.
    R. What county in Ireland fits in a bottle. A. Cork
    R. Headed like a thimble and tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that. A. A pipe.
    R. As I went out through a mucky gap I met my Uncle Davy a stick in his head and a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Lalor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonygowan, Co. Laois