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School: Na Tearmoinn (C.) (roll number 8932)

Location:
Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Margt. Meskell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 420

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    What is the hardest key to turn.
    A donkey.
    Spell black bird in four letters.
    Crow.
    All around the house and stops in the corner.
    A brush.
    I had a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town would not count all the windows in it.
    A thimble.
    What has an eye and cannot see.
    A needle.
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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
    Kitty Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dooncaha, Co. Kerry