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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 426

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    Tis black, tis white, tis red, all over.
    A newspaper.
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, half a woman and all a man.
    A penny.
    A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat, you may guess for ever but you will not guess that.
    A pipe.
    What part of a cow goes over a ditch first.
    A hopper of ditches, a cutter of corn, a little brown cow without any horn.
    A hare.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarmon West, Co. Kerry