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School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

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Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 05_001

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    1. What is it that can turn without moving? (Ans. Milk)
    2. I have a wee cow, she sits by the wall, she would eat all the fother from here to Donegal. (Ans. The Fire)
    3. I have a wee cow with an iron throat, the harder she gallops she swallows the rope. (Ans. a spinning wheel)
    4. What is in the church is not in the steeple, what is in the priest is not in the people, what is in the quarry is not in the stone and what is in the marrow is not in the bone. (Ans. the letter "R")
    5. I have two pigs and they are tied to one sty, one lyes wet
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Padruig Mac Daibhid
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnamucklagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rose Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female