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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 157

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    man
    A Penny
    VI All patches no stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches:
    A Head of cabbage
    VII Why is your nose like to a butchers showboard
    Because it hangs over your meatshop
    VIII Black and white and hops on the road like hailstones
    A Mag
    IX As I went out on a yonder gap I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying
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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
    Peter Killalea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigeenroe, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male