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School: Easgéiphtine (C.) (roll number 2040)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 027

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    Q. Riddle, Riddle, Ree, such a riddle could not be. Through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a horse's shin bone, riddle me that or leave it alone.
    A. A Cannon Ball.
    Q. As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and made his body easy.
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q. As I looked out through my gay gold windows I saw the dead carrying the live.
    A. a ship.
    Q. It is here, it is there, it is everywhere, it is all round Killarney, it takes a bite as big as a horse but never eats it after.
    A. A scythe.
    Q. It's in, its out, its like a trout, its slippery, wet and greasy.
    A. A tongue.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pupils of Askeaton Girls' N. S.