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School: Broadford, Ráthluirc

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Broadford, Co. Limerick
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Siobhán Nic Phiarais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0491, Page 019

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    “Who is it that is my father's daughter and is no sister of mine.”

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    Ques.- The man that made it never wore it, And the man that wore it never saw it.
    Ans. = “A Coffin
    Ques.- Tittle, Tattle, inside the wall, Tittle, Tattle, outside the wall, Tittle, Tattle could bite you without any teeth at all.
    Ans. = “A nettle.”
    Ques.- As black as ink, as white as milk, and it hops on the road like a hail stone.
    Ans. = “A magpie”.
    Ques.- Ding Dang under a bank ten drawing four
    Ans. = “A person milking a cow.”
    Ques.- What has three feet but no legs.
    Ans. = “A yard of stuff”
    Ques.- What is it that grows larger the more you take from.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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