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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    16-2-38
    Why does the hen pick the pot? Because she cannot lick it.
    Why does the cow look over the ditch?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all. The sun.
    Four legs up and four legs down, cosy in the middle and clumsy all round. A bed.
    As I went up the boreen I met my uncle Rodie, I went in the garden, cut off his head and left his body there. A head of cabbage.
    Around the house, around the house and after it never goes into the house. A path.
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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
    Michael J. Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon