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School: Ceann Mhálainne

Location:
Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 313

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    1. I have a wee horse with an iron throat, as far as he gallops he swallows the rope.

    Answer: A Spinning Wheel
    2. I have a wee servant she has only one eye. She has a long tail which she always lets fly. And every time she goes in the slap ?, she leaves a piece of her tail in the gap.
    Answer: A needle and thread.
    3. I have a web of checker, it was neither wrought nor spun, it covers all the world but he water and the sun.
    Answer: The dew.
    4. What's as round as an apple, as sharp as a lance if you were on the top of it, it would carry you to France.
    Answer: The sun
    5. What goes round the house and round the house in my father's old grey coat.
    Answer: A sheep.
    6. I had a wee poppet she sits in my pocket,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Agnes Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardmalin, Co. Donegal