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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 211

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q: A bonic of bread and a sheet full of crumbs
    A: The moon and stars
    Q: As white and as yellow as red and as green the King could not touch it nor neither the Queen. The Pope in his room could touch it as soon, riddle me that from morn till noon?
    A: The Rainbow
    Q: Little white Nancy, with the little red nose; the longer she lives the shorter she grows
    A: A candle
    Q: As I went up to Dublin I saw a terrible wonder four and twenty blackbirds tearing the earth asunder
    A: A Harrow
    Q: A half a moon a whole hill. A little town in Ireland stands still
    A: Mohill
    Q: Round and round the rugged rocks the rugged rascals ran. If you tell me how many r's in that you will be a clever man.
    A: None
    Q: What is most like half a cheese
    A: The other half
    Q: A houseful and a roomful, and you could not catch a spoonful
    A: Smoke
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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
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim