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School: Broca

Location:
Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
Teachers:
T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 344

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A head of Cabbage.
    How far can a dog go into a wood?
    Half way.
    Twice the half of 1-3/4?
    The same.
    Up in the mountain byre there are (twenty) thirty white heifers and in the middle a mad red bullock?
    Teeth and tongue.
    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
    Rose Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Margaret Kenny
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sranagross, Co. Leitrim