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School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)

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Gaigue, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 213

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A penny.
    What has teeth but cannot bite?
    A rack.
    Up chip, chop, cherry, down chip, chop, cherry. all the men in Derry would not climb up chip, chop, cherry?
    Smoke.
    What is most like a cats tail?
    Another cats tail
    Donkey, cart, and harness spell me all in three letters?
    All.
    What goes away between two woods, and comes back between two waters?
    A man fetching a pail of water.
    What three letters change a girl into a woman?
    A.G.E.
    How many peas are in a pint?
    One P
    What has four legs and feathers on it?
    A bed.
    How is it that you cannot get down of an ass?
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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
    Rosaleen Mc Entee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs R. Mernash
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford