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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 247

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  1. Folklore - Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    (A bicycle)
    Why does a cow look over the wall!
    (Bacuse she cannot look under it)
    Why does a hen pick the dish?
    (Because she cannot lick it)
    I have a little boy at home he eats everything but drinks nothing?
    (The fire)
    As I was going up the road I met my my Aunteen Noreen. She had silver tips, iron toes, crooked nose, and she would frighten the crows.
    (A Gun)
    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 Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Patten
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo