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School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 096

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    middle, and hard all around.
    A bed.
    4. What goes in dry, and comes out wet.
    Tea.
    5. As I went up my hippidy hop. I met my auntie Joany. She had timber toes, any iron nose, and pon my word she would frighten the crows.
    A gun.
    6. A dog and a bitch went over a ditch, and what was the dog's name.
    What.
    7. A head like a thimble,
    A tail like a rat,
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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
    Séumas Ó Mathghamhna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reenmeen West, Co. Cork