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School: Cúl Seachtaine

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Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Caitln Nic Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0258, Page 234

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  1. Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    four legs bring back one leg.
    A. A man sits on a three legged stool with a leg of mutton in his lap. A dog come in snatches the mutton and runs, the man throws the stool at the dog to make it drop the mutton.
    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
    Kathellen Gavigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Joseph Gavigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon