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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 04_017

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    What is the highest part of the cow. Her low.
    If a cow was going out a gap which part of her would go out first. Her breath.
    What is the wettest letter in the alphabet. T, because it is in the middle of water. As I went up sandy hill and sandy hill was shaking, I met a hundred little devils and they all scraping. A harrow. What always walks with its head down. Studs in your boots. As I went out to a garden of wheat, I saw a thing that you could eat, and in three weeks it walked. An egg. Black and white and read
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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
    Michael J. Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon