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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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Fahan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 292

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    “A long man legless came to the door, staffless.”

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    A long man legless came to the door, staffless. He said. "Put in your hens my dear, because I am frightened of them all.
    A worm
    What part of a cow goes in the door first
    Breath
    Brothers and sisters have I none, but that mans' father, was my fathers' son.
    Man looking at his own photo.
    Three brothers were passing a graveyard. One said, "I'll go in and see my niece's grave." A second said, "I'll go in because my nephew is buried there." The third said, "I shan't go in because I have neither niece nor nephew buried there.
    The dead children were his son and daughter
    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
    Jean Gillighan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Gillighan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Donegal