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School: Béal Átha Conaill (C.)

Location:
Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 089

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    A houseful, a roomful, and you couldn't hold a spoonful. The Smoke.
    What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    A nail in a man's shoe.
    What goes through the wood and never touches it? A knife in a man's pocket.
    What is the hottest in the year?
    Sunday.
    As I went up to London,
    I saw a wonderful sight.
    Four and twenty wild-geese
    Tearing the world a sunder.
    A harrow
    What goes jink jink to the river and never drinks? Bits in a horse's mouth.
    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
    All the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up.
    A well
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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
    Informant
    Mrs J. Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Snugborough, Co. Cavan