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School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

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Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Master M. Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr D. Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Killeagh, Co. Cork

  3. Riddles

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    Q. In marble halls as white as milk,
    Lined with skin as soft as silk,
    Within a fountain crystal clear,
    A Golden apple doth appear.
    No doors are there in this stronghold
    Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
    A. An egg.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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