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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

Location:
Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 03_010

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Four little bottles above on a hill and they turned down and they won't spill. The cows teats.
    Patches upon patches without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy your a pair of breeches A head of cabbage
    As round as a rainbow and teeth like a cat and if you were guessing for ever you would never guess that A briar
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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
    Martin Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway