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School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

Location:
Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 011

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    away and when I didn't I kept it all day and a thorn in my foot.
    I went up the road and down the road in a crack and I brought the road to my own abode on my back? A ladder
    'Tis red and its white and its parraffin green and the king can't come at it no more than the queen? A rainbow
    Up high down low wears boots and has none? A football
    A house full, a room full, and you couldn't catch a spoon full? Smoke
    I have a little house and a mouse wouldn't fit in it and all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it? A thimble
    A black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones? A Magpie
    Iron nose timber toes and upon my word it would
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    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
    John Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Michael Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary