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School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)

Location:
Gortalough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 518

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    A kitchen full, a room full, and could not catch a spoon full.
    Smoke.
    Through the woods and through the woods with heads down.
    Tacks in your shoes.
    Why is a lady like a tea spoon?
    Because she is in-tea-nesting.
    What's the most useless thing in your pocket?
    A hole.
    There is a great goose, she has a great pride. The people who own her need to be wise. She goes far away and seldom comes home. She carries many feet, but walks upon none.
    A ship.
    Spell broken-down ditch in three letters.
    Gap.
    A leaper of ditches, a clipper of thorns
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Candon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carricknahorna East, Co. Sligo