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School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

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Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 01_007

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    VII As I went up St. Stephen's steeple I met three Christian people, they were not people, they were not men, women nor children yet they were three Christian people.
    It was a man a woman and a child which were in it.
    VIII
    What would you fill a barel with to make it lighter that what it is?
    Fill it with holes
    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
    Tomás Ó Cobhthaigh
    Gender
    Male