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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 173

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A grave
    13. Father and mother brother and sister running together and can reach other
    Wheels of a motor
    14. There was a fiddler in Clare had a bother a fiddler in Kildare, but the fiddler in Kildare had no brother at all
    It was a sister
    15. How many feet has fourty sheep a shepperd and his dog
    Two
    16. What small animal makes a big one when beheaded
    Fox
    17. What is the longest word in the English language
    Smiles
    18. Useful, useful, instrument often bought but never lent
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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
    Tom Mc Manus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynadooey, Co. Roscommon