School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 134
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- (continued from previous page)As I went up the hill one day I saw a great wonder,
A big pot boiling and no fire under? - A Spring well.What goes to the wood yet is never wet or dirtied?
- The rays of the sun.A long-legged father, a big fat mother,
and three little children as big as each other? - A pot on a crook [?]As I went out on yonder gap, I met my Uncle Daisy,
I cut his throat and sucked his blood and left him lying easy?
- A blackberry.
Riddle maridie marandie O
My father gave me oats to sow
The seed was black and the ground Was white
Riddle marandie riddle me right.
A letter written on paper.I have a big goose she is of a large size
The man will buy her will want to be wise.(continues on next page)
