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School: Druim Garlaigh (roll number 11701)

Location:
Drumgarly, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Estér Ní Dhubhaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 006

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    1. What is full and would hold more.
    A pot of patoates.
    2. Blackie and Whitie went up to the hill, Blackie came back and Whitie stayed still.
    A hen after laying an egg.
    3. What has six eyes and cannot see.
    Three blind mice.
    4. What can a cat have that no other animal can have.
    Kittens.
    5. (As I went over London bridge I met a London scholar. Anroe)
    6. As black as ink as white as milk hopping on the road like hailstones.
    A Magpie.
    7. Why does a railway clerk cut a hole in your ticket.
    To let you through.
    5. As I went over London bridge, I met a London scholar. Anroe took off his hat and coat what was the name of the scholar?
    Anroe.
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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
    Angela Howe
    Gender
    Female