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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 182

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Black and white, and white and black, and hops on the road like hail-stones.
    Answer = A mag-pie
    As green as grass, and its not grass, as white as milk and its not milk, as red as blood and its not blood, as black as ink and its not ink.
    Answer = A black-berry
    As I was going to the fair of St. Ives I met seven men every man had seven wives.
    Every wife had seven sacks.
    Every sack had seven cats.
    Every cat had seven kits.
    Kits, cats, sacks, and wives
    How many was going to the fair of St. Ives.
    Answer = One.
    Little ginny huddle.
    (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
    Eileen Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumaneber, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigagh, Co. Meath