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School: Ballycorus (roll number 8294)

Location:
Ballycorus, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Nic Shionóid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0798, Page 232

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    1/ As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steepel and all
    The Sun
    2/ What goes away over the ground and comes back under it?
    A man with sods on his head.
    3/ Middy-Moddy round body three feet and a wooden hat?
    A pot
    4/ As I went in through a guttery gap I met my Uncle Davey with iorn heels and tippedy toes upon my word he frightened the crows?
    A gun.
    5/ What is always in pain?
    A window because it has panes.
    6/ If one whiteman went in a motor car with two blackmen. If the two blackmen
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maibh Ní Congaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin