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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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Glen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 348

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    As I went out a gap I met my uncle Thady I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy?
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  2. Riddles

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    As I was going to London I saw a London and drew off his hat to me what was the name of the scholar.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you could not guess that.
    Twenty people crossed a bridge but there was not a single person in it.
    If a boy fell out of a window what would he fall against.
    As round as an apple a plump as a ball can climb the church over.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Sligo