School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_010
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- Riddle me, Riddle me, I suppose, 100 eyes and never a nose
A thimble
It's as black as ink and ink it isn't, it's as white as milk and milk it isn't. It hops and walks like a marble stone and a marble stone it isn't.
A magpie
If a fellow met a fellow in a fellow's field, could a fellow tell a fellow how a fellow feels. How many f's in that
None
Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a K.
That
200 sheep went out a gap a shepard and his dog. how many feet is that
Two.
- Collector
- Nora O Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
