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School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
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H. Fitzgerald
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    Winter?.
    An umbrella.
    22. I went up a boreen. I went down a boreen, and I carried the boreen on my back.
    A ladder.
    23. As I went out a gap. I met a boy with a bundle of sticks, and no one but God could count them.
    A head of hair.
    24. As I went out a slippery gap. I met my uncle Davy. He took me up, and put me in his pocket. I began to pinch him, he began to beat me. He threw me out of his pocked and left the ducks to eat me.
    A frog.
    25. A cart of people went over a bridge. There was not a single person in it?
    They were all married.
    26. What feathered thing has four legs?
    A bed.
    27. In through the wall, and out through the wall, and never touches the wall?.
    Music.
    28. What is the greatest wonder on the map of Europe?.
    That Hungary did not eat Turkey.
    29. I have four little brothers, thin and tall. One employment for them all. One goes in and goes out, and then they all go round about.
    Four knitting needles.
    30. As deep as a cup, as round as a marble and all the King's army could not take it up.
    A well.
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    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
    Josie Mc Eniry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooraree Upper, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Dan O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Glin, Co. Limerick