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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Ireland could not lift it up?
    (A Well.)
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a k.?
    (That.)
    Black and white and red all over.?
    (A letter)
    I have a little ivy house, and a mouse could not fit in it, and all the men of the village could not count all the windows of it.?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Folliard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnaha North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo