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School: Derinturn (B.), Carbury (roll number 12080)

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Derrinturn, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
D. Ó Hódhráin
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    Riddles heard locally.
    I washed my face with water that had never run
    I dried it with a towel that was never spun.
    Answer - washed in dew, dried by the sun.
    I had many riddles brought to me but none that I had not heard (and probably read) before.
    John Mooney (aged 78 years) gave me out this riddle.
    Signed DP Horan Jan 1939.
    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
    D.P. Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    John Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78