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School: N. Peadair, Caisleán an Bharraigh (roll number 13787)

Location:
Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 471

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    like a marble stone it is not.
    Ans: A magpie.
    I have a little home and it is full of meat inside no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    Ans: An egg.
    A black bid in four letters.
    Ans: A crow.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
    Ans: That.
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    What nation does every criminal dread.
    Ans: Condemnation
    Old Mrs. Eddycoat she lives in a white peddycoat the longer she lives the smaller she grows.
    Ans: A candle.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan the whole of a woman and the head of a man.
    Ans: A penny.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo