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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cathair na Mart (roll number 12255)

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Westport, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. Bonaventure
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137, Page 246

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    As I went across the corn field, I picked up something fit to eat. It was neither fish, flesh nor bone and I kept it until I ran alone?
    An egg.
    A little round and white house, and it is full of meat, but it has no doors nor windows to let me in to eat.
    An egg.
    Old Mrs. Stitchet she had but one eye and every time she went out a gape she left some of her tail in the trap?
    A needle and thread.
    Which loses the most, a country when it loses its king, or a king when he loses his country?
    The country loses a sovereign, the king loses only a crown.
    What gets wet with drying?
    A towel.
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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
    Informant
    Mrs Lizzie Geraty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tonranny, Co. Mayo