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School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)

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Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maoláin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What is in a riddle more than holes?
    A. Corners.
    Q. As I went out and so came in,
    Its from the dead the live did spring. Six there were and the seventh flew away, riddle me that and I'll die for you?
    A. A robin's nest in a dead man's skull.
    Q. What goes from house to house and sleeps outside at night?
    A. A road.
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  2. The Big Wind 1839

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    Told by Michael Kellet, Drumnacavoy, Carrickmacross Age 70 yrs.
    A man was coming of his ceilidhe one night and a neighbour ing man's hat struck him in the breast and he says to himself this is Peter Dooley's from Ballingarry, Ballymackney, Carrickmacross and when he came home the roof was blew of his house and of all the thatched houses in the country.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Keller
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Drummacavoy, Co. Monaghan