School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 518
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- (continued from previous page)draw it up.Ans. "A Well".
Long legs crooked thighs,
Little head and no eyes;
Ans. A pair of tongs.
A riddle a riddle as I supposed
A hundred eyes and never a nose.
Ans. "A potato".
I went into my grandmother's garden,
And there I found a farthing
I went into my next door neighbour's.
There I bought a pipkin and popkin,
is slipkin a slopkin.
A nailboard a sailboard,
And all for a farthing.
Ans. "A pipe".
Eight arms, no hands, a wooden leg, but cannot stand, is often wet, but cannot feel, has no legs but is shod with steel.
A black dress with a belt round its middle now can any of you guess that silly riddle.
Ans. "An umbrella".
- Collector
- Christina Shanley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bryanbeg Lower, Co. Westmeath
