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School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)

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Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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    Q. as I was going through a field of wheat I picked up something good to eat. It was nughter fish, flesh, fowl, non, bone and I kept it till it ran alone.
    A. An egg
    Q. what is like Half the moon
    A. the other half
    Q. flys high, flys low wears shows and has no feet.
    A. Dust
    Q. As I went over London Bridge I saw a red man teaching a black man how to sink
    A. a fire boiling a kettle
    Q. A man had two eggs and he did not steal eggs how did he get them
    A. he had ducks
    Q. I have a little house and a little mouse would not fit in it, and all the men in Derry would not count all the windows in it
    A. A thimble
    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
    Informant
    Mr T. Bradshaw
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleconnell, Co. Limerick