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School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Answer: A blackberry
    question Long legs crocked thighs little head and no eyes.
    Answer: a tongs
    question Round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night
    Answer: a brush.
    question How many legs have 52 sheep a dog and his master.
    Answer: two legs.
    question Forty sheep went out a gap
    Forty more kept following that three and two how much is that
    Answer: five.
    question Round the field and round the field and sleeps in the house at night
    Answer: a herd's stick.
    question Ink ank under the bank ten drawing four.
    Answer:L A woman milking a cow.
    question Four mary anders four stick standers, two lookers, two puckers and a wagger
    Answer: a cow.
    question If a brick weighs a pound and a half how much would a brick and a half
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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
    Bridget Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garlagh Cross, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Hubert Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismullin, Co. Meath