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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 213

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    house.
    A: A thimble.
    Q: Went upstairs white and came downstairs red
    A: The newspaper
    Q: Riddle, riddle, rud; a little yellow apple in the middle of the wood
    A: Butter in a churn
    Q: As I went up the stairs I saw the dead burying the live
    A: Raking the fire
    Q: What is the difference between a lady and a soldier
    A: A lady powders her face and a soldier faces the powder
    Q: What is it we often say we will do and nobody has ever done it yet
    A: Stop a minute
    Q: As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up
    A: A well
    Q: In a room there is a corner, in the corner there is a cup, in the cup there is a sup, and every one must taste it
    A: Death
    Q: What is it that is brought to the table
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim