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School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)

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Géag, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 213

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A penny.
    What has teeth but cannot bite?
    A rack.
    Up chip, chop, cherry, down chip, chop, cherry. all the men in Derry would not climb up chip, chop, cherry?
    Smoke.
    What is most like a cats tail?
    Another cats tail
    Donkey, cart, and harness spell me all in three letters?
    All.
    What goes away between two woods, and comes back between two waters?
    A man fetching a pail of water.
    What three letters change a girl into a woman?
    A.G.E.
    How many peas are in a pint?
    One P
    What has four legs and feathers on it?
    A bed.
    How is it that you cannot get down of an ass?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen Mc Entee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Béal Átha na Muc, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Mrs R. Mernash
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Béal Átha na Muc, Co. an Longfoirt