School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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    riddle and I will buy you a pair of trousers?
    A:- A head of cabbage.
    Q:- Deep down in the earth is the place of my birth. I am as black as the night. Your home I make bright. Please tell me my name?
    A: Coal.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Tracey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway