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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 441

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    can't do?
    Answer: He can't make two hills without a hollow.
    (85) Ink, ank, under the bank,
    Ten drawing four?
    Answer: A girl milking a cow.
    (86) I have a little cow and she lies again' the wall, and she'd eat all the "spadach" from here to Donegal.
    Answer: A fire.
    (87) " If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans,
    Says a fellow to a fellow
    Could a fellow tell a fellow
    What a fellow means,"
    How many "fs" in that.
    Answere: None.
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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
    Máirín Nic Dhíarmuda
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Behy, Co. Roscommon