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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Knockerra, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 264

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all. The sun.
    Little red Nanc with a little red nose the longer she stands is the quicker she goes.
    A candle lighting.
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    Tis inside and outside and is neithear inside nor outside.
    A window.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body standing aisy
    A head of cabbage
    What hops on the road like hailstone
    A magpie.
    Tis black and tis white and it hops on the road like hailstone.
    A magpie
    What must you do before you come downstairs.
    Go up.
    Head like a timble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you wouldnt guess that
    A pipe
    What stick does not grow in the wood
    A candle stick.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carmody
    Gender
    Female