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School: Gort an Leasa, Beanntraí (roll number 16324)

Location:
Gort an Leasa, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Seán Ó Hannracháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0286, Page 016

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    q. = and it hops on the ground like hailstone?
    A. = A magpie.
    q. = How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
    A. = Two.
    q. = Over the head and under the hat?
    A. = The hair of your head.
    q. = Hard working father lazy old mother twelve little children all the same colour
    A. = A clock
    q. = As I went up a slippery slat I met a man standing I took off his hat and I drank his blood and left his body stand?
    A. = A bottle of wine.
    q. = A little flat dish and a short flat handle webded in the middle and wide in the end?
    A. = A spoon.
    q. = What thing has four fingers and a thumb but it has neither flesh or bone?
    A. = A glove.
    q. = Why does a crow fly over the hill?
    A. = because he can't fly under the hill
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Rúscach Thiar, Co. Chorcaí