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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 405

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A Crossakeil
    Q Round the house and round the house and dragging her puddings after her.
    A A hen and her clutch of chickens
    Q What goes up the ladder and its head down
    A A stood in your foot.
    Q What goes up and down up and down and never touches the sky or ground
    A A handle of a pump.
    Q The man that made it dident want it the man that baught it uesed it the man that uesed it never saw it
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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
    Carmel Ní Bhradaig
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Rathmea, Co. Meath