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School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)

Location:
Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
R. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 317

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    A room full, a kitchen full and cannot take a spoonful. Smoke
    If it is too short and I cut a bit off it, it is long enough. A grave
    Spell a blind pig in two letters
    Pg. If she is blind take out the I
    Why is Ireland like a bottle
    Because there is a Cork in it
    I want to give a drink to a horse and I cannot walk behind him or before him, under or over him, or one side of him, where will I walk?
    The other side
    Why is the cobbler's bench like hell?
    Because there are bad soles in it
    Its under the fire and over [?] the fire and still it cannot touch the fire
    A cake in an oven
    As I went over London bridge I saw a great wonder, a pot boiling and no fire under
    A spring well
    I had a dog and she had three pups. Julia Dot and Bell. Which was the dog's name?
    "Which" is her name
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairéad Ní Speláin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Woodville, Co. Mayo