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School: An Talamh Bán

Location:
Tallavbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137, Page 082

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    Lazy old woman, hard-working man,
    Twelve rows as black as the [?]
    A block
    What's full and holds more?
    A pot full of potatoes.
    Ding-dong under a bank,
    ten pulling four.
    A person milking a cow
    What is the lightest two-pence worth to buy?
    A stamp
    Long legs, crooked thighs,
    small head and no eyes.
    A tongs
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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