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School: Drom an Mhadaidh

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Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 003

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    16. Riddle, riddle, ree, through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a bag of pepper, through an old horse shin bone - riddle, riddle ree, what can it be.
    ----- A moth.
    17. In yonder field there is a table, it is neither made of ash, oak or elm or yew or any kind of timber that ever grew --
    ----- a sheet of ice.
    18. A house full, a room full and you couldn't get a spoonful
    ----- smoke
    19. Riddle, riddle ree [?] has an eye and cant see [?] through a sock -- (see 16 above)
    ------ needle.
    20. I went to the wood for Brusna I neither brought ash, oak, fir or beech but I brought home Brusna
    ----- a dog (whose name was "Brusna")
    21. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Ireland couldn't pull it up
    ------ a well.
    22. A hard working man, a little lazy woman and twelve little children eating round a pan.
    ----- clock-face.
    23. As round as an apple and as long as a hundred trees --
    ----- ball of wool
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