School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)

Location:
Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 187

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  1. 1. A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat If you were guessing for ever you would not guess that?
    A pipe
    2. I know a little man, and he wears a red little coat and cap, and he lives by the wall all the day long. He eats all I give him and he drinks none atall?
    A fire
    3. If you fell into the river what would you fall against? Your will
    4. As I went to London I saw a great wonder, three pots boiling and no fire under? A spring well
    5. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man? A penny
    6. Spell broken down- ditch in three letters? Gap
    7. What is it that would fit in your hand and it would not fit in a box? A hay fork
    8. All it eats in the day it covers it at night? A fire
    9.Jenny Muddle in the puddle, green gown and a white petticoat? A rush
    10. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it
    11. Spell mousetrap in three letters? Cat
    12. What city can you put in a bottle? Cork
    13. Why is a white hen better than a black one?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Ml. Cooney
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Galway