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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 5

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    1. How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dogs
    Answer: two feet
    2. I see it everyday, the King seldom sees it, and God never sees it.
    Answer: God never sees his own equal
    3: It sits in the back with an eye like a hawk
    Answer: Soot drop
    4: As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry couldnt lift it up
    Answer: A well
    5: One find day in the middle of the night two dead men began two fight, two blind men were looking on, two cripples ran for the Police, two dummies callling Larry on.
    Answer: A lie
    6: Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white
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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
    Patricia Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Convoy Townparks, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Shields
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Macmeenstown, Co. Donegal