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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0319, Page 374

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    to its face.
    5 As round as the moon as flat as a pan half of a woman and half of a man.
    Ans. A penny.
    6. If I built a wall from here to Donegal what height would it be.
    Ans. The height of foolishness
    8. Four legs up, four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.
    Ans. A bed.
    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
    Eilís Ní Súirdháin
    Gender
    Female