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School: Killeevan (roll number 14150)

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Killeevan Glebe, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mrs Beggs
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 308

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    13. Hairy all over, rough of the skin, two things wagging and one going in
    Answer: A sow eating her food.
    14. As I went up a hill a-hualy. I met an old woman scratching her cualy (,) she gave it a gig (,) she gave it a clout and all the old fluff came tumbling out?
    Answer: A woman spinning wool.
    15. Down in yonder meadow there is a flock of pigs, the more I feed them the more they squeal, and if I give them none they lie still?
    Answer: A mill.
    16. As long as mine men, as strong as nine men, nine men could not stand it on its end, and I could not carry it on my back.
    Answer: A rope.
    17. What goes round the house with a harrow after it?
    Answer: A hen with a flock of chickens.
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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
    Muriel Sirr
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Killygone, Co. Monaghan