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School: Faithlegg (B.), Portláirge (roll number 11614)

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Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Peter Lyons
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0653, Page 24

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    Collected by:
    Various Pupils.
    1.Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll give you a 'britches'.
    A. A head of cabbage.
    2.Q. My father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black [the] and the ground was white, riddle me that before to-morrow night.
    A. Someone writing a letter.
    3.Q. Round the house round the house and a harrow after it.
    A. A hen and a clutch of chickens.
    4.Q. How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog.
    A. Two feet.
    5.Q. Little white Nancy [wh] with a little red nose the longer it's left there
    (continues on next page)
    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