School: Borrisoleigh (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Riddle. Here I stand and far I see a black man in a holly tree who conquers the bull and all the birds in the air.Answer. Hunger.
Riddle. Fourteen cows grazing on a lawn, up comes red bull and licks them all.Answer. Your tongue and your teeth.
(Collected by class).- Informant
- Pat Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Tipperary