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Dusty Bluebells: Riddles and More Rhymes

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Riddles and More Rhymes

  1. What goes over the water, riddle
  2. What goes round the house, riddle [one]
  3. What goes through the wood, riddle
  4. What goes round the house, riddle [two]
  5. My Mother Told Me [A Naughty Girl], song
  6. Mammy, Daddy, Uncle Tom, rhyme
  7. There was a little man, rhyme
  8. I’m the wee faloorie man, song
  9. Dan, Dan, the funny wee man, rhyme
  10. Jack Smith, a fellow fine, rhyme
  11. Riddle me riddle me randy bo, riddle
  12. Wee Jinny with the red nose, rhyme
  13. Teachtaire beag ó theach go teach agus bíonn sé amuigh san oíche, riddle
  14. Tá bean beag amuigh ansin, riddle
  15. Paschale and Alan were sitting on a tree, rhyme
  16. Humpty Dumpty, rhyme
  17. Now Barry and Joan were under a bush, song
  18. Please keep off the grass, sir, rhyme
  19. Down in the alley where the green grass grows, song
  20. A creel of peats, tongue-twister
  21. There was a fiddler in Dublin, riddle
  22. How many feet has forty sheep, rhyme
  23. If there were twenty-six sheep, rhyme
  24. If a fella met a fella, tongue-twister
  25. My aunt Jane she called me in, song
  26. Mrs Kelly, rhyme
  27. Mrs White, rhyme
  28. Porridge and whey, rhyme
  29. Chewing gum a penny a packet, song
  30. As I went through yon guttery gap, riddle
  31. As I went up a slithery gap, rhyme
  32. As I went over Corny hill, rhyme
  33. C E L T I C, song
  34. Two, four, six, eight, rhyme
  35. As I went o’er Carnearney Hill, riddle

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What goes over the water, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

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  • What goes over the water, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • What goes round the house, riddle [one] / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • What goes through the wood, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • What goes round the house, riddle [two] / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • My Mother Told Me [A Naughty Girl], song / Deborah Crowley, singing in English

  • Mammy, Daddy, Uncle Tom, rhyme / Peter Church, speech in English

  • There was a little man, rhyme / Daphne Hillis, speech in English

  • I’m the wee faloorie man, song / Norah Shields, singing in English

  • Dan, Dan, the funny wee man, rhyme / Ann Clarke & [Brian] Clarke, speech in English

  • Jack Smith, a fellow fine, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English

  • Riddle me riddle me randy bo, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • Wee Jinny with the red nose, rhyme / Eileen Keaney, speech in English

  • Teachtaire beag ó theach go teach agus bíonn sé amuigh san oíche, riddle / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish

  • Tá bean beag amuigh ansin, riddle / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish

  • Paschale and Alan were sitting on a tree, rhyme / Joan Smith, speech in English

  • Humpty Dumpty, rhyme / Denis Shields & Kitty Shields, speech in English

  • Now Barry and Joan were under a bush, song / Kevin Smith, singing in English

  • Please keep off the grass, sir, rhyme / Marie Smith, speech in English

  • Down in the alley where the green grass grows, song / Kevin Smith, singing in English

  • A creel of peats, tongue-twister / Eddie Butcher, speech in English

  • There was a fiddler in Dublin, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • How many feet has forty sheep, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English

  • If there were twenty-six sheep, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English

  • If a fella met a fella, tongue-twister / Ursula O’Hara & Hugh Shields, speech in English

  • My aunt Jane she called me in, song / Eileen Keaney, singing in English

  • Mrs Kelly, rhyme / Michael Shields, speech in English

  • Mrs White, rhyme / Michael Shields, speech in English

  • Porridge and whey, rhyme / John Shields, speech in English

  • Chewing gum a penny a packet, song / Ann Clarke, singing in English

  • As I went through yon guttery gap, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English

  • As I went up a slithery gap, rhyme / Eileen Keaney, speech in English

  • As I went over Corny hill, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English

  • C E L T I C, song / Raymond Crowley, singing in English

  • Two, four, six, eight, rhyme / Raymond Crowley & David Tracey, speech in English

  • As I went o’er Carnearney Hill, riddle / Arthur Coulter, speech in English