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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 113

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    a pan, half a woman, and half a man?
    A penny.
    10. What has an eye and cannot see?
    A needle.
    11. Two boys were born in March one had a birthday in June and the other in September one of them married his mother and the other became a barber, and died an old maid?
    Answer. The two boys were born in a town called March, one of them became a Priest and married his mother, and the other became a barber and (died) dyed an old maid's hair.
    12. As green as grass and grass it
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    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