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School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)

Location:
Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 101

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    of the car?
    281.
    I have a little Kerry cow standing by the wall she eats all she gets and drinks nothing at all?
    A fire.
    I ran and I got it. I searched for it and I could not find it and I carried it home with me because I could not find it.
    A thorn in my leg.
    How many sticks goes to build a crow's nest?
    No one goes but the crow has to take them
    What goes up the ladder with its head turned down?
    A stud in my boot
    I have a little sister she lives in the ditch and if you went near her she would smear you with itch:
    A nettle.
    Nine horses nine times nine loads in the day at fourpence a load what did the turf come to?
    Ashes.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Collector
    Tim J. Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs J. Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork