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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