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School: Coolroebeg, Thomastown (roll number 12487)

Location:
Coolroebeg, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 287

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Riddle me that and I'll give you a gold ring.
    A sheaf of corn.
    6 A little red heifer lies close to the wall.
    She eats pleanty of fodder and drinks nothing at all.
    The fire
    7. What county in Ireland is most like a candle burning low
    Wick-low
    8. As I was running. A thing I found.
    If I could get it I'd throw it away.
    And as I could'nt get it. I kept it all day.
    A thorn in your foot.
    9. Patch upon patch and not one stitch in it.
    A head of cabbage.
    10. As i walked out. And as I walked in. I saw death outside and life within. Seven sat and one got free. riddle me that or hung I'll be.
    a birds nest in a horses skull.
    11. What turns without moving.
    milk
    12. High up and low down wears shoes and has none
    The road.
    13. As I went up a height. I looked down a hollow and saw twenty-four bulldogs.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Powerswood, Co. Kilkenny