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School: Killalina

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Killina, Co. Monaghan
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Mrs Mc Gilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 240

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    1 = What is full and holds more = a pot of potatoes.
    2 = A byre full, a barn full and cant catch a dish full = steam.
    3 = Blackie and whitie, went over the hill, Blackie came back and whitie stood still, = a hen and an egg.
    4 = What goes up white and comes down yellow = An egg.
    5 = Why does a hen pick a pot = because she cant lick it
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Naghill, Co. Monaghan