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School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)

Location:
Slane, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Josephine Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 212

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    Black and white and red all over - a newspaper.
    What gets everything and eats it and drinks nothing - a fire.
    As I went out my Grandfather's gap I met my uncle Paddy long nose crocked toes and I will bet you a penny he will frightin the crows - a gun.
    Green as grass and grass it is not. Red as blood and blood it is not. Black as Ink and Ink it is not - a blackberry.
    Ink and under a bank ten drawing four - a person milking a cow.
    What part of a cow goes into a field first
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Harlinstown, Co. Meath