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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 20_009

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    Spell cart harness and all in 3 letters
    all
    All patches and no stitches
    A head of cabbage
    Tink, tank, under the bank ten drawing four
    A woman milking a goat.
    It goes round the house and round the house and lies at the back door.
    A twig
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never made it
    A coffin.
    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
    Bridie Holland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrow, Co. Mayo