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School: Gráig na Gréine (roll number 12819)

Location:
Graignagreana, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Anna Ní Shiocfhradha
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    Little sally sage sitting on her cage and her children dying with age and herself getting strong.
    A tree
    What is that which walks on the tops of its head by day and sleeps on the top of its head by night - the nails of a shoe.
    Four buckets of milk turned upside and one spilled out:- the cows pap.
    As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstone
    A magpie
    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
    Máire Ní Shúilleabhain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossderry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Máighread Ní Shúilleabháin
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Crossderry, Co. Kerry