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School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)

Location:
Drom, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Pilib Ó Ó Muireadhaigh Pádraig Ó Cléirigh
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    16. Under the water and over the water, still it never touched the water. A woman with a pail of water on her head, crossing a bridge.
    17. As round as an apple as deep as a cup, and all the king's men could not get it up. A well.
    18. What goes from Cork to Dublin without moving? A railway line.
    19. From Amsterdam 'tis coming, and once it is still, it is on every mountain, and it's not on any hill. It is in every timber, and it's not on any tree, come now my clever lad and riddle that to me. The letter "M".
    20. Read correctly the following:
    (a) in nn city i saw a b humming on a blossom 3.
    (b) yy u r, and yy u b, and yyyy u r for me
    (a) In Dublin city I saw a bee humming on a blossom tree.
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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
    Mary Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilvilcorris, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Nora Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilvilcorris, Co. Tipperary