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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    green above the bank and it's fit for a lord or lady.
    Answer: A grave
    14. Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more along with that, a shepherd and his dog, how many feet went out the gap.
    Answer: Two
    15. The queen or Morocco built a ship an on the ship her daughter lived an I am ashamed to tell her name an I have it told three times.
    Answer: Ann.
    16. Forty-one white cattle tied to a stall, one red one came out and licked them all.
    Answer: Tongue and teeth.
    17. Humpty-dumpty sat on a wall, humpty-dumpty got a great fall, all the kings horses and all the kings men would not put humpty-dumpty together again.
    Answer: A broken egg.
    18. As I went out the boreen I met my Aunt Noreen, she had steel toes, a burned nose and on my word she would frighten the crows.
    Answer: A shot gun.
    19. What is bought to the table
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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
    Patrick Davis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leekfield, Co. Sligo