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School: Baile an tSléibhe (roll number 1524)

Location:
Cornalee, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Níc Coisdeabha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0268, Page 080

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    Riddles.
    1. Every time he feels the sun
    This poor fellow starts to run
    Snowman
    2. With the sun it comes to find you
    Plays about before, behind you
    Shadow.
    3. Neither father, sister, brother
    Yet is always has a mother
    Vinegar
    4. Never soars about the sky
    Yet is sometimes takes a fly
    Spider Web
    5. Though his scales are good and sound
    He has never weighed a pound
    Fish
    6. What posy might a mother say
    To call her son from bed each day
    Johny-jump-up
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English