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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 169

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    Joker and there it away and his bicycle got free again.
    Those trees got the name of haunted because one day the queen cut her throat with a golden pin, she threw it away and it landed near these trees.
    The above were written by Rita Hughes aged 13 St. Brigid's Girls School Castleknock.
    They were told to her by her father Peter Hughes.
    -Sally gardens Castleknock Dublin
    Riddles:
    What is full of holes and holds water?
    A sponge
    What fish reminds a woman of her wedding?
    A herring (her ring).
    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
    Rita Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr Peter Hughes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin