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School: Gráig na Gréine (roll number 12819)

Location:
Graignagreana, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Anna Ní Shiocfhradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0469, Page 008

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    1 There in a bed and they all in the middle.
    The spokes of a wheel.
    2 What is oftener used by others while it is your own. Your name.
    3 One day I was going through a field of corn I picked up some thing that was nice to eat and In kept it until it was able to run about. An egg.
    4 A little well on the top of the hill, a window of glass and a door of clay An eye.
    5 It has a bed and it does not sleep It has a mouth and does not eat. The river.
    6 A thing
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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
    Seán Uá Ciosáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eirk, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Seámus Ua Ciosáin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eirk, Co. Kerry