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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 116

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    in the gap first.
    A Her breath.
    Q Hairey all over rough in the skin too things wagging and one going in
    A A pig eating his food.
    Q. As I went up a hill I looked down a hallow I saw twenty-four bull dogs tearing up a faduthe.
    A A horse pulling a harrow.
    Q As I went up a narrow boreen I could not get out at either ends
    A A coffin
    Q As round as an apple as flat as a pan a half of a woman and the whole of a man.
    A A penny
    Q It is in a river and its not in a flood it is in timber and its not in wood.
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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
    John Bergin
    Gender
    Male