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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 058

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    7 As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
    Ans The sun
    8 The more you take from it the bigger it gets.
    Ans A hole in the ground.
    9 What is it when it breaks it never falls and when it falls it never breaks.
    Ans Day break and night fall
    10 I looked through my wingers and saw the dead burying the live
    Ans Raking the fire
    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
    Frank Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skreen, Co. Sligo