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School: Currakyle, Feakle

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Corrakyle, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Bean Uí Innseadúin
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    Riddles.
    Q Yellow red ,orange and green
    The king cannot get it
    Neither the Queen.
    Ans A rainbow.
    Q How many sticks go to build a crow's nest.
    Ans No one they are all carried.
    Q What is it that is visible but yet its never out of sight.
    The letter S.
    Q It grows in the wood,
    It sounds in the town.
    It earns for its master.
    Many a half -crown.
    A fiddle.
    Q It grows in the wood
    It grazed in the field
    But now it is walking the road
    Ans A pair of clogs.
    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
    Mary Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corrakyle, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    51
    Address
    Corrakyle, Co. Clare