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School: Ceis (roll number 15342)

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Kesh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    water in.
    8. Question = As round as an apple, as deep as a cup. All the men in Derry would not lift me up?
    Answer = A well.
    9. Question = Round the house and round the house and drags her puddings after her?
    Answer = A hen and her clutch of chickens.
    The foregoing was related to me by my father whose name is Thomoas Burns, Knockalough, Keash, Ballymote, Co. Sligo.
    Mary Burns
    Knockalough
    Keash
    Ballymote
    Co. Sligo
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocklough, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Burns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocklough, Co. Sligo