School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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   A man harrowing a garden.
   As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy - a head of cabage

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   What is it that is under the fire and over the fire but still never touches the fire - a cake in an oven There was a beggar in Cork who had a beggar a brother in New York but the beggar in New York had not a beggar a brother in Cork, why? Because the beggar in Cork was a sister to the beggar in New York. There is a river in Tipperary and it is of great, spell it backwards and forwards and you will find it the same. - The Ara

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Bourke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Leinster Farm, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Thomas Bourke

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Leinster Farm, Co. Tipperary