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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 231

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    Q. "Up chip-cherry, down chip-cherry, all the men in Derry wouldn't climb chip-cherry?"
    A. Smoke
    Q. "Forty sheep went out on a gap and forty more came back, six, seven, ten, eleven. Two and three how many is that?"
    A. Five
    Q. "Four stick standers, four diddly danders. Two hookers, two lookers and a wagger?"
    A. A cow
    Q. "Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?"
    A. A tongs
    Q. "As round as an apple, as flat as a pan. One side a woman and the other a man?"
    A. A penny
    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
    Pádraic Mac an Ghallóglaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumrane, Co. Leitrim