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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
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Síle Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 200

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    1. It is in the rock, and it is not in the stone; it is in the church and it is not in the steeple; it is in the priest and it is not in the people.
    (The letter R)
    2. It is nearer to you than it is to me, and I can see it, and you cannot see it?
    (Your poll.)
    3. What is it that runs and never walks?
    (The train)
    4. There is a white house east, and a red house west, and you must break the white house to go in to the red house
    (An egg.)
    5. What smells most in a perfumer's shop?
    (The nose)
    6. When is a queen like a piece of wood?
    (When she is a ruler)
    7. Out side the house there is a well, and in the well there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that every one must take.
    (Death)
    8. Round the house, round the house and walks on the top of his head.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Rose Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Dan Hickey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Skeaghanore East, Co. Cork