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School: Liathdruim

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Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0048

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  3. XML “A Funny Story”
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  6. XML “Riddles”

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  1. A Funny Story (continued)

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    and his brother and a neighbour were sitting by the fire. When they saw his condition and inquired what happened him. He said God and the devil were dividing the souls in the grave-yard and the devil was getting an equal share. Toole's brother and the neighbour went to the grave-yard and stood at each side of the gate. They heard the same thing as the other heard. At the finish Mooney asked what about the two at the gate. When the two at the gate heard that they both fell unconscious and had to be carried home and recovered.
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    and his brother and a neighbour were sitting by the fire. When they saw his condition and inquired what happened him. He said God and the devil were dividing the souls in the grave-yard and the devil was getting an equal share. Toole's brother and the neighbour went to the grave-yard and stood at each side of the gate. They heard the same thing as the other heard. At the finish Mooney asked what about the two at the gate. When the two at the gate heard that they both fell unconscious and had to be carried home and recovered.
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    and his brother and a neighbour were sitting by the fire. When they saw his condition and inquired what happened him. He said God and the devil were dividing the souls in the grave-yard and the devil was getting an equal share. Toole's brother and the neighbour went to the grave-yard and stood at each side of the gate. They heard the same thing as the other heard. At the finish Mooney asked what about the two at the gate. When the two at the gate heard that they both fell unconscious and had to be carried home and recovered.
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  4. Riddles

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    Riddle me, riddle me, I suppose the more you take from it the larger it grows.
    A hole in the ground.
    What is higher when the head is off?
    A pillow.
    What is it that has one leg one arm and four faces.?
    A lamp post.
    A fiddler in Dublin had a brother a piper in London. The piper in London
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Maria Rabbitte
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Margaret Rabbitte
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Kylebrack West, Co. Galway