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School: Termonfeckin

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Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 210

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  1. Local Riddles

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    1. Q. Long and lankey deaf and dumb has no legs and still can run.
    A. A river.
    2. Q. As I went over a field I saw a lot of wee things rickets rockets yellow bodes oh but they were nice things.
    A. Matches.
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    3. Q. Why is Calliestown so much like a Monastery
    A, Because there is a Monk living in it.
    4. Q. White eating White
    A. A goat.
    5. Q. Forty sheep went out a gap forty more followed that six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two how much is that.
    A. Five.
    6. Q. Its red and its green and its yellow between the King couldent wear it no more than the Queen.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth