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School: Dunmanus, Toormore

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Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
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Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 141

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    Tis black I am though red I'll be, many a man has injured me, cut my head and broke my face and took me from my native place? A sod of turf.
    It opens like a barn door and shuts like a trap you would often think of many things but you'd never think of that?
    A scissors.
    What is it that has three feet and no legs?
    A yard rule.
    The bleating of a lamb and the honey of a bee put them together and spell them for me? Mahoney
    What is it that comes twice in a moment, once in a month, and never in a thousand years? The letter M
    Three little ladies dressed in white got a fright and died last night?
    Three candles.
    As I went up a slippery slat I met my
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hanoria Hodsh
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female