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School: Dunmanus, Toormore

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Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 142

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    Auntie Mary timber toes and iron nose and upon my word she'd frighten the crows?
    A gun.
    8. A head like a timble a tail like a rat, you may guess forever but you won't guess that? A pipe.
    9. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all around?
    A bed
    10. What walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    11. A little man sitting by a wall, he eats all he can and drinks nothing at all? A fire
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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