School: Ballydaniel (roll number 13892)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   There was a man ne'er a man
   Has a gun ne'er a gun
   Shot a bird ne'er a bird
   In a tree neer a tree.

   A boy with a pop-gun, shooting a bumble-bee on a thistle.

   
   Through a rock, through a "ree".(?)
   Through an old oak tree.
   Through a basin full of pepper.
   Through an old car-lepper.
   Through a man's shin-bone
   Through a thing that was never known?

   A cannon ball.

   
   Then she is across the road
   And the priest's breakfast for a load?

   A hen with an egg.

   
   As green as grass,
   Goes white to mass?

   Flax.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Alice Mullan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bábhún Ó nDuach, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Informant

   Mrs Maher

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bábhún Ó nDuach, Co. Chill Chainnigh