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School: Baile Máirtín, Muine Beag

Location:
Ballymartin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 554

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    1. I have a little sister above in the field: when you pull her leg her nose will bleed?
    A pump
    2. What four letters would frighten a thief?
    O, I, G, U
    3. A humpty backed mother, a lazy old father, three little children all the same colour?
    A pot
    4. What is it that's full of holes and yet holds water?
    A sponge
    5. I have a little sister she sits by the wall, give her more or less and she will have it and give her water and she will die?
    The fire
    6. I washed my face in water that never rained or run and I dried it in a towel that was never woven nor spun?
    The dew and sun
    7. What has a neck and body and nothing else?
    A bottle
    8. Which ship should we all like to avoid.
    Hardship
    9. Why should a hen be never untidy?
    Because she carries her comb with her.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Mac Evoy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Currane, Co. Carlow