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School: Páirc na bhFiadh (roll number 15585)

Location:
Deerpark, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Lil Nic Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 13a

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    1. What hops on the road like hailstones?
    Answer. A magpie.
    2. Throw it up in the air as white as milk and it comes down like melted gold.
    Answer. An egg
    3. As I went out a slippiry gap, I met my Uncle Davy, I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
    Answer. A bottle of porter.
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    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
    Isabel Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Roscommon