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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 269

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    1 Spell a broken down ditch in three
    :- G a p.
    2 Why is the letter "t" like an island:-
    because its in the middle of water.
    3 As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry would not lift it up:- a well.
    4. Why is a July sun like a sixpense:-
    beause its a tanner.
    5. As white as a Lily as red as a rose the longer it is the shorter it grows:-
    a candle.
    6. What is that touches one but ties two
    :- a ring.
    7 A town in Ireland, a town of great fame spell it backwards and forward and its all the same:- Navan.
    8. What is it that never was nor never shall be, look at your hand and you shall see:- that your little finger will never be as big as your big one.
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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
    Emma Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon