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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 263

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    71. What has one eye and no tail
    Answer = a needle
    72. I have a little cow, she stands by the wall she would eat all the turf from here to Donegal.
    Answer = a fire
    73. What has forty eyes and no nose?
    Answer = a thimble
    74. If a herring and a half cost three halfpence. How many could I buy for a shilling?
    Answer = a dozen
    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
    Thomas Patrick Tivenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr James Tivenan
    Gender
    Male