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    on the road like hailstones. Ans. A magpie.
    5) As I looked out my bedroom window I saw a dead thing carrying a live thing. Ans: A man on a bicycle.
    Got from: Mr. Joseph Murphy, Drummingmore, Ruskey, Dromod (63)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1) As I went up to Dublin I saw a great wonder four and twenty little things tearing the earth asunder. Ans: a harrow.
    2) Spell broken down ditch in three letters. Ans: gap
    3) What is the height of nonsense. Ans: Supping soup with a fork
    Got from: Mrs. Thomas Kearns. Druminardly, Ruskey, Dromod (52)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Cavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Derryfeacle, Co. Roscommon