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School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)

Location:
Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 075

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    Ink ank under a bank
    ten drawing four.
    A woman milking a cow.
    As I went out a gap I met my Uncle Davy,
    I took out my knife and cut off his head,
    And left his body easy.
    A head of cabbage.
    Two brothers we are
    Great burdens we bear
    And sometimes we are sorely pressed,
    In truth you might say,
    we are full all the day,
    and empty when we go to rest.
    A pair of shoes.
    It's hands and face are always clean
    It's stomach needs no filling
    It works away both night and day,
    (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
    Mary Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilkillahara, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs M. Gleeson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilkillahara, Co. Tipperary