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School: Barradubh (Sixmilebridge)

Location:
Barraduff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 215

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    As black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the road like a hailstone - A magpie.
    What has three feet and no toes? - A yard.
    What is worse than having a hole in your stocking? - Having holes in the two of them.
    What is it that the more you take out the bigger it will get? - A hole.
    Through a rock, through a reel
    Through an old spinning wheel
    Through a basin of pepper
    Through a goat's old fetter
    Through a horse's shin bone
    Such a riddle was never known - A Flash.
    Hairy in hairy out
    Hairy all around about - A stocking.
    Two little sisters dressed in white
    One go the fever and died last night - Two candles
    What is full but can hold more? - Pot of potatoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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