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School: Garbally, Banagher

Location:
Garbally, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Ryder
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 025

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half o the woman and the whole of a man?
    A penny.
    What country gets it's name from a fowl?
    Turkey.
    Hairy all over and rough in the skin, two things wagging and one going in.
    A pig eating food.
    Black and white and read all over?
    A newspaper.
    Around the floor and around the floor all day and sleeps in the corner at night?
    A sweeping brush.
    Deep it is, damp it is, and fit for any lord?
    A grave.
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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
    Katie Mitchell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondallow, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    Clondallow, Co. Offaly