School: Sailcheartáin (Sillahetane), Dúnmaonmhuighe
- Location:
- Sillahertane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Íte Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0304, Page 092
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- 1.
Little Miss Annie sits in a puddle
She wears a green dress & a white petticoat.Ans: A Rush.
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2.
As I went out for a walk one day,
I met a thing in a cock of hay,
It was neither fish, flesh, feather, or bone,
And in three week's time it walked alone.Ans: An Egg.
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3.
Through a rock, through a reel,
Through an old spinning wheel,
Through a basin full of pepper,
Through an old sheep's throttle.
Through a horse's shin bone,
And that's the greatest riddle ever was known.Ans: Thunder.
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4.
As I went up my father's gap,
I met a little boy with a red cap,
He had "Up Jack! Down Tom!"
Blow the bellows, old man."Ans. A blacksmith and his anvil.(continues on next page)
