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School: Áth Dúna, Gleann an Phréacháin, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12542)

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Chimneyfield, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe
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  3. XML “Caint na nDaoine”
  4. XML “Riddles”

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  1. Caint na nDaoine

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Foley
    Gender
    Female

  2. Riddles

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    What is that, that all possess and few hold it.
    Your tongue.
    What is this, that a dead man ates, and if a live man ate it, it would kill him.
    Ans: Nothing.
    How many sides to a bucket.
    Ans: Two, inside and outside.
    Two rows of white ones fastened by a ribbon that wipes them all.
    Ans. A cows tongue.
    If I had an uncle and if he had bother
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