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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 117

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A The letter R.
    A On yonder wall there walks a deer with golden horn and silver ear neither fish, flesh, feather, nor bone on younder wall he walks alone.
    A A snail.
    Q Little white nany with the red nose the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
    A A candle.
    Q As I looked out in my gay gold window I saw the dead carrying the life.
    A A ship.
    Q What walks with his head down
    A A nail in your boot.
    Q. I know a thing that goes around the house all day and stops in the corner all night.
    A A Broom.
    Q. I have a little house and it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Bergin
    Gender
    Male