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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 07_011

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    riddle me that and I’ll give you a fiddle — — A haw
    Four stick standers four belly landers two tucky tucks and a wheel about. A cow
    As I went out a gullery gap I met my uncle Teddy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy a Bottle of wine
    I have a little house and a mouse wouldn’t fit in it and all the men in Derry wouldn’t count all the windows in it. A thimble
    As I went up the boreen I
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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
    Bridie Howley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lavally, Co. Galway