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School: Tashinny, Colehill (roll number 10223)

Location:
Taghshinny, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Annie Trimble
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 28A

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    Riddles 9/6/38
    How many feet has 40 sheep, the shepherd and his dog?
    Answer 2 feet.
    Round the house and round the house and draws a harrow after her?
    A hen with a flock of chickens.
    Round the house and round the house, and sleeps in the corner.
    A beesom.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    As round as a apple as flat as a pan the half of a women the whole of a man.
    A penny.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a K.
    That.
    As round as a apple as deep is a cup and all the kings horses would not pull it up.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Cody
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colehill, Co. Longford