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School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)

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Garbally, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 173

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    and traces, pins and needles on his back and he ready for the races?
    Ans: A hedgehog
    It is within and abroad and it is neither within or abroad?
    Ans: A Window
    A loaf and a sheet of crumbs?
    Ans: The moon and the stars
    Spell broken down ditches in three words
    Ans: Gap
    It is green one time, red another time and black another time?
    Ans:A blackberry
    As round as an apple, as deep as a pail, it never cries out until its caught by the tail?
    Ans: A bell
    If you are a scholar spell it?
    Ans: It
    What is the weight of the moon?
    Ans: Four quarters
    Who went to Cork?
    Ans: The knife and the fork
    Who came home?
    Ans: The brush and the comb
    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
    Informant
    Bernard Curley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Skehanagh, Co. Galway