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School: Balrothery (roll number 8578)

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Balrothery, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
S. Mag Fhionnbhairr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 26

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    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the king's horses couldn't draw it up.
    A well
    As I was going to the fair of Ives I met six men and there wives. The men had six bags, and in the bags were six cats. How many were going to the fair of Ives.
    One
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball. Can climb over church, steeple and all.
    The sun
    What's it that goes round all day with its head down?
    A nail in your boot
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan, one side a woman the other side a man.
    A penny
    What's smaller than a midgets eye?
    The dust that goes in it.
    Give it butter it will cry, give it water it will die
    A fire
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    S. Mag Fhionnbhairr
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir