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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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    nine letters in it)
    5. If a poker and tongs cost ninepence, what would a ton of coal come to?
    Ashes.
    6. I went to London I saw a great wonder two pots boiling and no fire under?
    Two pots of lime.
    7. I have a little kerry cow (cow) tied to the wall she drinks every thing, and nothing at all?
    A Fire
    8. Black and white and red (read) all over?
    A newspaper.
    9. As round as a marble, as flat as
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    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
    Caitlín Ní Shúilleabháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawlaght, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Suilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawlaght, Co. Kerry