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School: Drummond

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Drummin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 218

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    Little Bessy in the hall if she got butter she would eat it all. If she got meat she would fry and if she got water she would die?
    A fire.
    I have money in my pocket guess it if you are willing twice as much and half as much would make an even shilling
    Four and four-fifth pence
    If May West fell down from the top of Nelson's Pillar what month of the year would it be?
    The end of May.
    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
    Brigid Kielthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drummin, Co. Carlow