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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 108

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    2. As I travelled over gravel on a black oak stick, I stood; I rode a mare that never foaled and I held a bridle in my hand.
    A ship.
    3. Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess every thing but you cannot guess that
    A pipe.
    4. I had a little house and the mouse could not live in it and all the men in town could not count how many windows
    A thimble
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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
    Cáit Ní Ghógáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coomarkane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Séumas Gógáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coomarkane, Co. Cork