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School: Seamar

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Shammerdoo, Co. Mayo
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Máirtín Ó Loideáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 12

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell that without a K.?
    That.
    Round the house, round the house, and all heads down?
    The nails of your shoes
    What makes more noise in a parlour than a pig?
    Two pigs.
    It opens like a barn door, shuts like a trap, you may guess a hundred things but you could not guess that?
    An umbrella.
    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
    Mary Lynskey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Lynskey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo