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School: Woodland (roll number 8464)

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Woodland, Co. Donegal
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Mrs Crossan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 52

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    a boat.
    (3) What side of the jug is the handle on?
    (The outside)
    (4) What is it that grows green. It gets white, red and then black?
    (A blackberry)
    (5) What part of a cor goes into the byre first?
    (The breath)
    (6) I went up the road and down the road and took the road on my back.
    (A ladder)
    (7) A small round red thing; haw; haw; haw
    (A haw)
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    As I went up a slippy slap. I met a tarry lass. Tarry was her petticoat and tarry was her sash.
    (A thornbush)
    (2) Twenty sick (six) sheep went up the hill. One of them died. How many was left?
    (Nineteen)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Cafferty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oldtown, Co. Donegal