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School: Ceann Mhálainne

Location:
Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 315

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    12. I'll give you a guess, you shall never confess. Jack and Jinny in the press.
    Answer: A bottle and glass
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    1. I went to the wood and I found it, I looked for it and I couldn't find it, if I had got it I would have left it behind me but I didn't get it and I carried it with me.
    Answer. A thorn in my foot
    2. What is in the boulster that's not in the bed, what's in your hair that's not in your head?
    Answer. The letter "R"
    3. Luke had it before and Paul had it behind, girls have it once and boys never have it, old Mrs. Mulligan had it twice in succession and doctor Lowell had it before and behind and twice as bad behind as he had it before.
    Answer. The little "L".
    4. Long legs, short thighs, wee head and no eyes.
    Answer. A pair of tongs
    Answer. The little
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardmalin, Co. Donegal