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School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

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Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Sheáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 373

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    A: A coffin.
    As I was going up corn hill, corn hill was creaking, four and twenty black things tearing up a nation?
    A: A man harrowing.
    I combed its hair and shaved its face, tired hores [sic] and wearied men, you are welcome from your dismal den.
    A: A turf.
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    What is cut and never eaten?
    A: A pack of cards
    A runner of ditchers, a clipper of hedges, a wee brown cow with two leather horns.
    A: A rabbit
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Johnnie Elliott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumawark, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Virtue
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Pettigoe, Co. Donegal