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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 119

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    his head and left his body easy
    A A head of cabage.
    Q As I went up a sliperey gap I met a man with a red cap a stick in his tail and a stone in his belly riddle me that and I will give you a penny.
    A A Cherry.
    Q As I went up a narrow borreen I met my unkle davey, he had iron nose and timber tose and upon me word he would frighten the crows
    A A gun.
    Q Twenty-four white horses standing in a hall one big red one biger than them all.
    A Your teeth and your tongue.
    Q I went to the wood for a bressena I brought neither a crucked stick nor a straight stick but still I brought a bressena.
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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