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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 8

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    door footless and he said: My good woman keep in your hens and ducks for I am not afraid of your cats and dogs.
    Answer: a worm
    I went into a garden I saw no trees, I saw one tree, there was apples on it. I took no apples off it. not I left
    Answer: One
    Round the world and round the world it ranges its never seen by mortal eyes in every house it changes.
    Answer: The mind
    Tessie McCarron
    Finnadurk
    Convoy
    Co. Donegal
    The material in the fore going was obtained from
    John Gallagher
    Macmeensis
    Convoy
    Co. Donegal
    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
    Tessie Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Macmeenstown, Co. Donegal