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School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)

Location:
Gaigue, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 212

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    As I went out on yonder gap I met my uncle Davie I knocked him down I sucked his blood and left him lying easy?
    A blackberry.
    There is a thing in this house it would not hold a mouse and there are so many windows as the Lord Mayors house?
    A thimble
    What goes round the house and round the house, and leaves a rag on every bush?
    Snow
    What man in Dublin wears the biggest hat?
    The man with the biggest head.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches?
    A head of cabbage.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
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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
    Rosaleen Mc Entee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs R. Mernash
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Ballinamuck, Co. Longford