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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 183

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    She sits in a pubble.
    A little green shall and a little white bud.
    Answer = A rush.
    Four sticks standers, four didely anders Two peepers, two pokers, a licker and a swinger.
    Answer = A cow.
    A lepper of ditches a chipper of hedges.
    A little brown cow and a leather pair of horns.
    Answer = A hare.
    The king of Moracco built a ship.
    An on that ship his daughter sat.
    An I'm not bound to tell her name
    An there's three times I've mentioned it
    Answer = Ann
    Black and white and read all over
    Answer = A newspaper.
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    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