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School: Mountbellew (roll number 12352)

Location:
Mountbellew, Co. Galway
Teacher:
William Hans
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  1. Local Riddles (continued)

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    8. 24 white men sitting in a hall up came a red lad and licked them all.
    Your teeth.
    9. East, West, North and South 100 teeth and no mouth.
    Hay Tether.
    10. As I went out a muddy gap I met my Uncle Tady I cut of his head and left his body easy.
    Head of cabbage.
    11. Its under the fire and over the fire but never touches the fire.
    A cake in an oven.
    12. Jenny inside the ditch, Jenny outside the ditch and I can't go either sides or she'll bite me.
    A nettle.
    13. A botomles barrel all shaped like a hive its filled full of flesh and the flesh is alive.
    A finger in a timble.
    14. Black and white and it hops in the ground like hailstones.
    A Mackpie.
    15. A little white and round house and its full of meat but it has
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Crehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bovinion, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Hugh Crehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Bovinion, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Downey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Bovinion, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Gormally
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballynahattina, Co. Galway