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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 099

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    1 Although I am black I am much admired. Men and horses I have tired. Gold and silver I have made. But after all in the dunghill I am laid.
    Turf
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    2. Gravel as I travel. Board as I stand. Mare without a foal. Who never caught a bridle in her hand
    A Train
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    3. Under water over water and never touches the water.
    A woman carrying a bucket of water on her head over a bridge
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    4. The King of Manchester, sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to fill it of flesh.
    A Ring
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    5. Tis white tis black and tis read all over
    The Newspaper
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    6. As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the road like hailstone.
    The Magpie
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    7. Tis red tis blue and tis sparkling green. The King cannot touch it nor neither the queen.
    The Rainbow
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    8. What turns without moving
    Milk
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    9. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.
    A Bed
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    10. Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes.
    A pair of tongs
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Mullach Rua Theas, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Kelleher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    An Mullach Rua Theas, Co. Chorcaí