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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 144

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    "An unlaid duck-egg."
    I have a wee papit it sits in my pocket. it neither eats corn nor hay, when up came a pedlar and said he would saddle her and he took my wee papit away.
    "A watch."
    When was meat the highest?
    "When the cow jumped over the moon."
    Wee noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    "A pot."
    Where did Noah hit the first nail he drove into the Ark?
    "On the head"
    A wee house it wouldn't hold a mouse and as many windows as the king's house.
    "A thimble."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greencastle, Co. Donegal