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School: Rathanna, Borris

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Rathanna, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
D. Eustace
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 220

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    As round as an apple
    as deep as a cup
    All the King's horses
    Couldn't draw it up
    -A well
    In the garden they laid her
    As fair as the morn
    The first day of her life
    She was made a wife
    And she died before she was born
    -Eve
    When is the most holes open.
    When the corn is cut.
    Ink ank under the bank
    Ten drawing four
    -Milking a cow
    Why is a pig in a garden
    like a house on fire
    -Because both need to be put out
    Under the fire, over the fire
    And never touches the fire
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Beattie Mc Leonald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killedmond, Co. Carlow