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School: Coolboyoge

Location:
Coolboyoge, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Roddy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 148

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    Q: Down in yonder meadow there's an old mare dead and the drippings of his rump will kitchen your bread? Ans: A Bee
    Q: Hairy in and hairy out hairy into hairy mouth? Ans: Putting your leg into a stocking.
    Q: Thirty white horses upon a red hill(?) now they tramp and now the champ now they stand still? Ans: Teeth and gums
    Q: I sat down on my hunkers and I peeped through my winkers and I saw the dead burying the living
    Ans: Raking the fire
    Q: What bears but never blossoms?
    Ans: The crook
    Q: A scrap of wood some lines of wire a little house without a fire?
    Ans: A bird's cage
    Q: Four stick standers four diddle
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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
    May Halliday
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Daggan, Co. Cavan