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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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    answered, "Only her horns, sir."
    (89) Question: Spell hot water in three letters.
    Answer: Tea
    (90) Question: I went to the wood for "brosna". I neither brought crooked sticks nor straight ones but I brought "brosna."
    Answer: A fire of wood.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    (91) Question: It grows in the wood and sings in the town, it earns a penny and many a crown?
    Answer: A fiddle.
    (92) Question: As I went out a guttery gap,
    I met my uncle Thady,
    I cut off his head and drank his blood,
    And left him sitting easy?
    Answer: A bottle of wine.
    (93) Question: Spell broken-down ditches in three letters?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenan, Co. Sligo