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School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 256

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    Q: Under the fire and over the fire and cannot touch the fire?
    A: A cake in the oven.
    Q: A duck before two ducks, a duck behind two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks, how many ducks is that?
    A: Three ducks
    Q: If Ireland were drowned, what part of it would float?
    A: Cork
    Q:Four stick standards, four diddle danders, two calamanders, a licker and a lasher?
    A: A cow.
    Q:As I was going into St. Ives,
    I met a man with nine wives,
    The nine wives had nine sacks,
    The nine sacks had nine kittens,
    Kittens, sacks, men and wives,
    How many went to St. Ives?
    A: Three.
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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
    Máire Ní Cearnaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashelmeehan, Co. Roscommon