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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 343

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is that?
    A. A pot.
    6. A flock of white sheep,
    On a red hill,
    Here they go,
    There they go,
    Now they stand still.
    A. Teeth in your gums.
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  2. Riddles

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    1. Round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    A. The bark of a tree.
    2. How far can a man go into a wood?
    A. Half way, and then he is going out.
    3. My grand-father standing in the garden with a hundred overcoats on him?
    A. A head of cabbage.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brian Gildea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreenine, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Martin Tobins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon