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School: Lattoon

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 290

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    8. Spell the real rogue of the world in three letters. Ans. Fox
    9.Short legs, long thighs, little heads and no eyes. Ans. Tongs.
    10. How many feet has forty sheep, the shepherd and his dog? Ans. Two
    11. In the meadow there was a table,
    In the table there was a drawer,
    In the drawer there was a cup,
    And in the cup there was a sup
    And all the world must taste it.
    Ans. Death
    12. A clipper of hedges, a jumper of ditches,
    A little gray cow with a leather pair of horns. Ans. A hare.
    13. As I went up Tara Hill,
    Tara Hill was shaking.
    I saw five and twenty bulldogs,
    Tearing up an acre.
    Ans. A harrow
    14. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Charles Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan