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School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 026

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  1. A Collection of Riddles Heard Locally (continued)

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    For first a preposition write,
    A stately tree then bring to sight,
    A Christian name for last you'll seek,
    The whole is the place for the sick, and weak.
    Answer In-fir-Mary. Infirmary.
    A circular letter be sure to affix,
    To four times five and twenty without any trick
    A thousand inverted, and set in the rere,
    Will show what is useful to man I declare
    Answer: "C O W".
    As round as a marble,
    As flat as a pan,
    On one side a woman,
    And the other a man.
    Answer: A penny.
    As round as a marble,
    As deep as a cup,
    And all the sea water,
    Could never fill it up.
    Answer: A strainer
    Little thing, little thing, less than a mouse
    And it has more windows than a kings house.
    Answer: A thimble.
    (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
    Pádraig Ó Conchúbhair
    Gender
    Male