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School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)

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Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 161

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    were they (man, woman and child)
    They are neither, withing, or without, and they are under, the roof of the house. ( The jambs of the door)
    Twenty five wild eats tearing up the ground (A hallow)
    When is it, five after one. (When your five fingers are after a flea)
    What us quicker than a flea. (Your fingers, if you can catch him)
    A fiddler in Cork, had a brother a fiddler in New York, and the fiddler in New York, had no brother in Cork what relations were they (Brother and sister)
    Middy - noddy, round body, three fee and a flat hat (a pot)
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, and all the kings
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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
    Lizzie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Lisnagroob, Co. Roscommon