School: Dunmanus, Toormore

Location:
Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Helena Lucey

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Riddles

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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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Collector
Bridie Walsh
Gender
female
Informant
Mrs Hanoria Hodsh
Relation
grandparent
Gender
female
Informant
Mrs Walsh
Relation
parent
Gender
female
Language
English