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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Ceit
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0272, Page 098

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    I'm hard and I'm soft
    I'm long and I'm round
    No greater wonder has ever been found.
    11.
    I've no head or feet
    Q
    1
    And yet I can amage?
    By growing them both
    111
    In twenty -one days
    I live in a house
    But should I go out
    1v
    I cannot return
    So I must live within
    I set when I'm hot
    v
    And many you have eaten
    And like many girls
    I'm better when beaten.
    A = An egg.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballydangan, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Bernard Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballydangan, Co. Roscommon