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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    the number of the car. 281
    If a man had a hundred patches in this trousers what time was it? Time to get a new one. Pieces and patches without any stitches, riddle me that and I will give you a pound. A head of cabbage.
    Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire at all. A cake in an oven.
    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
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway