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School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)

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Gleann an Chairthe, Co. Liatroma
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Seán Mag Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 252

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    R. What is it that has a head a foot and four legs
    A A bed
    R. What grows in the wood sounds in the town and earns his master making a crown?
    A. A Fiddle
    R. Head without hair teeth without lips long body and no hips.
    A. A rake
    R. My back is bare my body is thin and I carry my gut outside of my skin.
    A. A fiddle
    R. What did Brian Boru buy two halfpenny candles for?
    A. For a penny
    R. What weight is the moon?
    A. It is a hundred weight because there are four quarters in it.
    R. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
    A. A penny
    R. As I was going out on a guttery gap I met a wee man with a red cap. He said he was more afraid of a cock and hen than King George and all his men.
    A. A snail
    R. There was a room full of people one time and there was not a single person in it.
    A. They were all married.
    R. A housefull a roomfull and could not lift a spoonfull
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mary Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Fíonach, Co. Liatroma
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Droim Duilliúir, Co. Liatroma