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School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)

Location:
Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q What is the lightest thing you can hold in your pocket
    A A hole.
    Q As round as a marble as flat as a pan, one half a woman and the other half a man.
    A A Penny
    Q What is always behind time.
    A The back of a watch
    Q What house is never dark
    A The lighthouse.
    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
    Eily Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Lonergan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary