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School: Robertson (roll number 13372)

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Ballintra, Co. Donegal
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Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 155

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    Four and twenty white cows,
    Standing in a stall.
    Up came the red bull,
    And licked them all?
    A cow’s tongue licking her teeth.
    What never was and never will be,
    Look at your hand and you will see?
    Your wee finger will never be as long as your middle finger.
    A long man legless came to the door headless, and said keep in your hens madam. I’m not afraid of your dog?
    A worm
    What would you fill a barrel with to make it lighter?
    Holes.
    What goes around the house and around the house and peeps into every hole.
    The sun.
    What hangs high up, but looks low
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bob Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Murvagh Upper Glebe, Co. Donegal