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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
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C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 167

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    Riddles.
    1. What cuts grass as short as a goose?
    Ans. A Gander.
    2. As I went up to Dublin I saw the world's wonder four and twenty blackbirds tearing the world asunder?
    Ans. A harrow.
    3. Crooked back father. Big belly mother three little brothers like one another?
    Ans. A pot.
    4. What part of a cow goes out in the gap first?
    Ans. Her breath
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    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
    Bridget Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Cloghan, Co. Offaly