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School: An Corrbhaile

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Corbally, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 340

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    Why is a black hen better than a white hen.
    Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
    I had a little cow and she lied by the wall I gave her a drink and she died after all.
    A fire.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over church over steeple and all.
    The sun.
    Three sevenths of a chicken, two thirds of a cat and half a goat.
    Chicago.
    How many feet in forty sheep a shepherd and his dog
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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
    Gerald Harvey
    Gender
    Male