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1. Sound of Bugles and Horses

   

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   One bright night two men were coming from a house where they had been card-playing. It was about 12 oclock at night. The night was fine and very bright. They had to pass by a lake. When they were about 10 yards off home they heard the noise of bugles and horses coming behind them. As they came along to another lonely place they saw people dancing and playing in a field. They both were afraid so they never spoke to each other until they were eight yards from their homes. So these two men were never out late card-playing again.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáitlin Ní Chúinn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Sián, Co. Mhaigh Eo

   Informant

   John Quinn

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   52

   Address

   An Sián, Co. Mhaigh Eo

2. Riddles

   

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   Rough and hairy in the skin. Two things shacking and one going in
   (Ans a pig eating)

   Twenty sick sheep went in a gap one died and how many came out.
   (Ans 19)

   There is a cure in a fox's tongue, for a thorn?
   There is a cure in mountain sedge for a cough
   it is to be boiled and to drink the jiuce.

   

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