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School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0061

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    Spell red rover in three letters
    Fox.
    A barrel on the street and its two ends closed.
    An Egg.
    It comes in on the backs of the people and goes out like silk.
    Turf.
    Three Christian people standing on a steeple. They were neither men women or children what were they
    Man, woman and child
    When a man has fifty patches in his coat what time is it.
    It is time to get a new one.
    As high as a wall as white a milk
    As red as a rose and as sweet
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    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
    John Mullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curragh West, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Mullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Curragh West, Co. Galway