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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 075

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    the hay from here to Donegal?
    A fire.
    I washed my face with water that was never rained nor ran and I (drained) dried it with a towel that was never card nor spun?
    I washed my face with the dew and I dried it with the sun.
    Everything has it and so has a needle?
    A name.
    I have a little house and a mouse would not sit in it and all the people in the town would not count how many windows in it?
    A Thimble.
    What part of a cow goes into the byre first?
    Her breath.
    I have a horse with an iron
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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
    The senior class
    Informant
    Riddles from their parents