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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 6

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    stayed up.
    Answer: A duck laying an egg.
    5: I sat in my hunkers and I looked through my winkers and I saw the dead burying the living
    Answer: Reaking the fire
    Patricia Doherty
    Town Parks
    Convoy
    Co. Donegal
    The material in the fore going was obtained from
    William Shields
    Macmeensis
    Convoy
    Co Donegal
    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
    Patricia Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Convoy Townparks, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Shields
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Macmeenstown, Co. Donegal