School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

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1. Buried Treasure (continued)

   

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   also hidden. A big flat stone is supposed to be covering the gold and ornaments, but it is now covered with moss, and glass and stones. It is supposed to be hidden in a field owned by Mr. Thomas Peters in Ballydrehid.
   Told by Kitty Kearney, Ballydrehid N.S. Cahir
   Told by Mrs. J Kearney (39), Ballydrehid, Cahir

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Riddles Up high, down low, wears bolts and has none? A football There is a little man, he stands in the field, if you touch his hand his nose will bleed? A pump Eight arms, no hand, a wooden leg but cannot stand, its often wet but cannot feel, its made so round and bound with steel? An umbrella As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Auntie Mary, she had iron nose

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Malachy Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Thomas Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   63

   Address

   Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary