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School: Cill Ábhaill

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Killavil, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0388

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    Q. I have a little horse and he is tied to the wall and he would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal?
    A. A fire.
    Q. Black and white and read all over?
    A.A newspaper
    Q. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up?
    A. A well.
    Q. Long thin belly and its puddings outside the skin?
    A. A fiddle
    Q. Round the house & round the house and never touches the house?
    A. A path
    Q. A man gets sixpence for walking a mile. What would he get for walking thirty miles?
    A. Sore feet
    Collected by: Joseph Horan
    Killaville
    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
    Joseph Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killavil, Co. Sligo