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School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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    I make it long and if I add a bit to it I make it short - A hole. There was a man of Adams race he had a certain dwelling place it was neither in heaven nor hell nor earth where was it - Jonas in belly of whale. Jenny with the white petticoat Jenny with the red nose. The longer she lives the shorter she grows - a candle. If a man went up in a house and fell down. What would he fall against - His will.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyroe West, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ballyroe West, Co. Limerick