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School: Cill Cholmáin, Shanagolden (roll number 4014)

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Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chriobáin
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    Folklore Conundrums.
    In Amsterdam 'tis common,
    In Munster it is still,
    'Tis always in a mountain.
    And never in a hill.
    Always in timber,
    Never in a tree,
    Never in the people,
    Still 'tis in me.
    The letter "M".
    A beautiful maid in a garden was laid.
    Shd was as fair as the flowers in the morn.
    'Twas the first time in life she became a wife.
    And she died before she was born.
    Eve.
    I went to the wood and I got it.
    I looked for it and I couldn't find it.
    The more I looked for it, the less I liked it.
    Went home and I having it, because I couldn't find it.
    A thorn.

    The above riddles were told to me by John Egan, Ballyegna, Kilcolman.
    Mary Greaney,
    Ballyegna.
    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
    Mary Greaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyegny, Co. Limerick