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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

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Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 389

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  1. Riddles and Guesses (continued)

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    Ans. your stocking.
    A barrel on the strand with its two ends closed.
    Ans. an egg.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry could not pull it up.
    Ans. a well.
    As I went in a slippy slap I met my uncle David, I cut off his head and sucked up his blood and left him lying easy.
    Ans. a bottle of rum.
    I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers and I saw the dead burying the living.
    Ans raking a fire.
    Is I went over London Bridge I met a London Scholar he took off his hat andrew his sword and what is the name of the scholar.
    Ans. Andrew
    As I went in a slippy slap I met my aunt Sally Jane with Iron heels and silver toes and she is the girl that can scare the crows.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal