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   A white leafless bird
   Flew from the walls of paradise
   And "let" on the walls of a castle.
   Mouthless, shoutless
   Live horse and we'll eat him up - Snow.

   

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   A Riddle A Riddle mo whey How many "praties" make a "Brukey" Ans - One if big enough. How many porringers of butter milk would make an ass'e britchen Ans. twenty In comes two legs leaves down one leg sits in three legs in comes four legs takes up one leg and runs away up gets two legs runs after four legs and takes one leg + The dog stealing a leg of beef. Four legs walking two legs hanging and a tail waging Ans A man riding a horse.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Séan Mac Gabainn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardleny, Co. Cavan