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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

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Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 396

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  1. Riddles and Guesses (continued)

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    Round the house and round the house and peaps in every hole
    Ans. the sun
    Wee Jenny huddle she sits in a puddle a piece below the well all her children are dead and gone and she alive her self.
    Ans. an apple tree.
    Hicky picky in this side of the ditch and hicky picky in that side of the ditch and if you touch hicky picky, hicky picky will bite you. A. a nettle
    How many feet has fortys sheep a shepherd and his dog. Ans two feet
    Long and narrow and not very wide and wears a green selvedge on every side. Ans. a road
    Haw is the latest of fruit mill is the grinder of grain ton is the longest of weight and what was the gentlemans names. Ans Hamilton.
    Queen Belinda built a ship an in it her daughter sailed an I am forced to (to) tell her name an three
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edmund Weir
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aught, Co. Donegal