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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 7

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    As round as a riddle as deep as a cup all the men in Derry could not lift it up
    Answer: a well
    As I went through a slippery slap, I met my uncle David I cut his throat and sucked his blood and left him easy.
    Answer: A bottle of wine
    What kind of stone do you get in the river
    Answer: A wet stone
    As round as a riddle as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man
    Answer: A penny
    What goes up the water and down the water and never tutches the water
    Answer: An egg in a duck. Four stiff standers four down hingers two lookers a licker and a swinger
    Answer: a cow
    Long fellow legless came to the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    John Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Macmeenstown, Co. Dhún na nGall