School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   (A Paper.)
   18. How many legs have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
   (Two.)
   19. Forty sheep went out a gap, forty more went after, then six and seven, twice eleven, three and two, how much is that?
   (Five.)

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   1. I met a cart full of ful of fingers and thumbs, but no flesh or bones. (Gloves.) 2. I met a man with a red coat and a stick and a stone. (A cherry.) 3. Little Anny with a red nose. The longer she lives the shorter she grows. (A Candle.)

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Graves

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Graves

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary