School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 294
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- Riddles
1. White bird featherless flew,
from paradise "pitched
on a dry wall and
lay down heartless.
Snow
2. It's white, it's black and
it's "red" all over
A newspaper
As I went out a
slippery gap I met
my uncle Dary I
cut off his head
and left his body
'aisy"
A head of cabbage
3. There was a horse rode through the town Grey Riddle was
his name, his briddle
and saddle was (were)
guilt with gold
three times I've told you his name
Was
4. Ink, ank under the bank
ten drawing four
A woman milking a cow
5. Londonderry, book and Kerry spell me that without a K
That
6. Long legs crooked thighs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Mall, Co. Limerick
