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School: Cnoc Machan, Bun Machan

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Ballynasissala, Co. Waterford
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Bríd Ní Fhaoláin; Bríd Ní Mhathúna
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  2. Riddles atá i mBéal na nDaoine

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    1 One green gravel I did travel on an oak stick I did stand I rode a mare that never foaled and carried the bridle in my hand
    Answer A Ship
    2 Why does a cow look over the ditch.
    Answer Because she could not look under it.
    3 What goes out the gap before a cow.
    Answer Her Breath
    4 What has an eye that cant see.
    Answer An Needle
    5 I know a little house and a mouse could not fit in it and all the men in town could not count all the windows n it
    Answer A Thimble.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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