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Cill Bhláin, Co. Chorcaí
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Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    If a farmer "raised" ten acres of wheat in dry weather, what would he "raise" in wet weather? = His umbrella.
    As I was going through a field of wheat, I met a thing that you could eat. It was neither flesh, fish, feather nor bone & after a time it walked home? = A nest of eggs.
    As black as ink, as white as milk & it hops on the road like hailstone = A magpie.
    It went upstairs black & white & it came down-stairs read all over? = A newspaper.
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    What goes round the table, is always cut but never eaten? = A pack of cards.
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the head of a woman & the whole of a man? = A penny.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matthew O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cúil na nGabhar, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mr John D. O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cúil na nGabhar, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs John D. O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cúil na nGabhar, Co. Chorcaí