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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 118

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    is full of food and you could not get in without breaking the door.
    A An egg.
    Q As round as an apple as plum as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
    A The sun.
    Q Little red nany stands by the wall eats all she gets and drinks none at all.
    A A fire.
    Q Hairy in and hairey out hairy into haireys mouth.
    A A man putting on a hairey stocking on a hairey foot.
    Q She is always sowing and always reaping always mowing but never keeping
    A A dressmaker.
    Q As I went up a sliperey gap I met my unkle davey I cut of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Bergin
    Gender
    Male