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

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    all over. A newspaper.
    As green as grass, and grass it isn't. As red as a rose and a rose it isn't. As black as ink and ink it isn't what is that. A blackberry.
    Humpty dumpty sat on the wall.
    Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
    All the kings horses and all the kings men could not put humpty dumpty together again. An egg.
    Spell a broken down ditch in three letters. A gap.
    How many sticks goes to a crow's nest. None goes, all are carried.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a k. That. Little jack dandy has a red little nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows. A candle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael J. Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon