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School: Tullyveela

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Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
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P. Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 226

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  1. Riddles from Corlough (continued)

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    how does it come, that you're my father and I'm not your son?
    His daughter.
    Three half cakes, three whole cakes, and three quarters of another" Divide that between the fiddler and his wife, the piper and his mother
    The fiddlers wife was the piper's mother.
    As I went over yonder hill
    I saw a great wonder,
    Three pots boiling
    Without a fire under?
    Three spring wells
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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
    Hilda Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyveela, Co. Cavan