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School: Dennmore

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Dennmore or Legganden, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Harriet Heaslip
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 128

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  1. Riddles

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    Riddle riddle ree through a rock
    through a reel through an old
    spinning wheel through a bag of
    pepper through an old horse skin
    riddle riddle ree what can it be
    -a moth .
    In yonder field there is a table
    it is neither made of ash oak elm
    or yew or any kind of timber that
    ever grew.
    -a sheet of ice
    a house full u room full and you
    could not get a spoonful.
    -smoke.
    Riddle riddle ree what has an eye
    and cannot see though a rock though
    a reel though an old spinning
    wheel though an old horse skin
    riddle riddle ree what can it be.
    a needle
    As round as an apple and as long
    as an hundred .
    -fall of wool.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Winnie Turner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glencorran, Co. Cavan