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School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

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Cartron, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 338

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    R(1) Up chip-cherry and down chip cherry all the men in Derry wouldnt climb chip cherry.
    A = Smoke.
    R(2) What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets.
    A = A hole in the wall.
    R(3) As I went out on yonder gap I met my Uncle Davitt. I cut his head sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
    A = A Blackberry
    R(4) Forty sheep went out on a gap Forty more followed that, five - eleven - three -two, how many is that.
    A = Five.
    R(5) What sleeps with its finger in its eye.
    A = Crook.
    R(6) Ink ank on the bank, ten drawing four.
    A = Woman milking a cow.
    R(7) Why does a hen pick the pot.
    A = Because she cant lick it.
    R(8) Why does a hen go over the road
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim Upper, Co. Leitrim