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School: Ballyharry (roll number 11235)

Location:
Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Bríde
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    15) Two ladies dressed in white, the both took ill and died that night.
    Ans. = Two candles
    16) What's under the water and above the water and still never touches it.
    Ans. - A duck with an egg
    17) What is the hardest thing in the world to do
    Ans. = To take hair of a bald-headed man
    18) "Wee" Jeanie Hurl she sits in a puddle a little below the well. All her children died but Lily Bullel "hessel"
    Ans. = A rush bush
    19) As white as milk but milk its not. As green as grass but grass its not. As red as blood but blood its not. As black as ink but ink its not
    Ans. = A blackberry
    "Blackie" = Blackberry
    "Roughy" = Bush
    "Gloury" = eyes
    "Glamy" = hands
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sorcha Nic Canna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Daniel Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Donegal