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School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)

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Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit Ní Uaithne
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    over the hills and far away)
    I went and I went o, I met and I met, I met with a thing I'll never forget. (My name)
    There's in your hand, that you can see, that never was, nor never will. (Your small finger)
    What goes away, above the ground and returns under it. (a man with a sod on his head)
    Lizzie Murray
    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
    Lizzie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Lisnagroob, Co. Roscommon