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School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0048

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A person growing up.
    As black as jet and jet is not.
    It hops on the road like a marble stone, and a marble stone it is not.
    A magpie.
    I have a little house, and a mouse would not fit in.
    And all the men in London-Derry would not count all the windows in it.
    A thimble.
    A hundred sheep went out a gap
    And a hundred more followed that
    The shepherd and his dog.
    Five.
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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
    Margaruite M. Rabbitte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortaleam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Rabbitte
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Gortaleam, Co. Galway