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School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)

Location:
Kells, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0476, Page 036

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    If I sent you on a message and told you bring me a yard of bacon "how would you"?
    Bring three pig's feet.
    What runs and has no feet?
    A stream/
    What three things are not to be found in this world?
    A shoe to fit the foot of the hill, a towel to wipe the face of the earth, a sheet to cover the bed of the ocean.
    I washed my face with water that never fell and dried it with the towel that was never woven?
    A washed it with the dew and dried it with the sun
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Agnes Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Jeremiah Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kerry