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School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

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Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 086

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    will give yer Bob a bob over the eye.
    If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means.
    I saw a saw and a very fine saw it was, and of all the saws you ever saw, you never saw a saw like the saw I saw.
    Peter Piper picked a peckapepper from a pepper top. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper. where is the peck of pepper that Peter Piper picked.
    Constantinople is a very big word. If you are not able to spell it, you are a very big dunce?
    "It".
    Told to me by.
    Tim Lynch,
    Glenastar,
    Ardagh,
    Co. Limk.
    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
    Kitty Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenastar, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Tim Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenastar, Co. Limerick