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School: Coolboyoge

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Coolboyoge, Co. Cavan
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P. Roddy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 154

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    As Black as Black as white as snow. Hops on the road like hailstones.
    Ans = A Magpie
    There was a fiddler in Dublin and the fiddler in Dublin had a brother a fiddler in Cork and the fiddler in Cork had no brother a fiddler in Dublin.
    Ans. A Sister.
    Two OO two NN. an L D put them together and spell them for me.
    Ans = London.
    What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
    Ans =The twig.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the
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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
    Nancy Borwn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Butler's Bridge, Co. Cavan