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School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

Location:
Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 363

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    When I sat down to look for it I couldn't get it. When I couldn't get it I went home to look for it?
    A thorn in a person's foot.
    13. Jumps fences, juke thorns
    A wee brown beast with two leather horns?
    A rabbit.
    14. As I was going through yon thorny slap I meta black bull. He flung and I kicked. If you had been there to see the fun?
    A thorn in a person's foot.
    15. As I was going down yon slippery lane, I met my uncle Davey.
    I cut off his head and drank his blood,
    And I left him lying easy?
    Drinking a bottle of whiskey.
    16. What goes up the water and up the water and never gets to the top of the water?
    A mill wheel.
    17. Long legs, crooked thighs, does its work without an eye?
    The tongs.
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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
    Cathleen O' Boyle
    Gender
    Female