School: Ballycallan (roll number 7050)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Challáin, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: P. J. O'Hara
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- (continued from previous page)and three little children and they all the one colour? A pot. The bull bulled it, the cow calved it, it grew in the wood and the Blacksmith made it? A Bellows. Riddle me riddle me randy roe, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black, and the ground was white, riddle me that and I will give you a pint? A newspaper. What would scrape a haggard with three letters? A hen. Why does a house stand on its legs. Because it could not sit on them.
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- Informant
- Timothy Delaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Uí Chuidithigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh