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School: Críoch (roll number 13919)

Location:
Creagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0084, Page 092

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    and I'll buy you a pair of breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    6. Under the fire, and over the fire, and never tips the fire.
    A cake in the oven.
    Round the wood, and round the wood, and never gets in the wood.
    The bark of a tree.
    You have it on you, it is not heavy, it is not a member of your body, and yet you have it on you.
    Your name.
    What is it that always walks with it's head down.
    A stud in your boots.
    As I went down a boreen, I met my uncle Davy, he had an iron nose, and timber toes,
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    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
    Informant
    May Ward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilgarve, Co. Galway