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School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

Location:
An Baile Trasna, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 278

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    7/ As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would not draw it up?
    Ans. A well when the moon is shining on it.
    8/ A duck before two ducks a duck behind two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks how many ducks is that?
    Ans. Three ducks
    9/ I went into the wood and I got it. I sat down and I saw it, I kept it still against my will and home in pain I brought it?
    Ans. A thorn in my foot.
    10/ As I was going to the fair of St Ives I met a man with seven wifes the seven wifes had seven sacks and every sack held seven cats and every cat had seven kittens wives, sacks, cats, and kittens, how many were going to the fair in St. Ives?
    Ans. One man because he met all the rest coming home.
    11/ If a tongs a shovel and a poker cost £1 what will a cwt of coal come to?
    Ans. Ashes.
    12/ Two men were going to a fair and said one man to the
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    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Springhall, Co. na Mí