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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Mochua (roll number 15632)

Location:
Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Calasanctius
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    Little Red Nancy sitting by the wall eats all she can and drinks none at all
    Freagra - A Fire.
    A lazy father and a lazy mother and twelve black children.
    Freagra - A Clock.
    What goes around all day and stays in the corner at night.
    Freagra - A Brush.
    Two dead men fighting. Two blind men looking on. Two cripples running for the doctor and two dummies telling them to hurry on.
    Freagra - A lie.
    A little round white house and it full of meat, with no doors nor windows to let me in to eat.
    Freagra - An Egg.
    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
    Bridie Quinlan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greenville, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Thomas Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny