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School: Béal Átha na Sluagh (Buachaillí)

Location:
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam P. Mac an Bháird
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has ahead and can'g get a hat to fit it?
    Bray head.
    If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred?
    Sore feet.
    What is it - older it gets the smaller it gets?
    A candle.
    Why do we got to bed?
    Because the bed would not go to us.
    What is like half the moon?
    The other half.
    Told by - Michael Duffy
    Creagh
    Ballinasloe
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creagh, Co. Galway