School: Robertson (roll number 13372)

Location:
Ballintra, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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    in every corner? Snow.
    In Samson’s Park there lives a deer with golden horns. She disappears without sticks, stones, flesh, or bones in Samson’s Park she walks alone? The moon
    Eight arms, no hands, a wooden leg, but cannot stand, is often wet, but cannot feel, it has no boots and is shod with steel, a dress of silk, a belt round. How can you guess this silly riddle? An Umbrella
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Roland Greene
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Donegal