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School: Gort na Gamhna, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 4000)

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Gortnagowna, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Fógartaig
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    Head like a thimble, tail like a rat you may guess forever but you will not guess that. A pipe
    Why is the letter P the poorest letter in the alphabet
    Its the first letter in pity and the last in help.
    What breaks as often as it appears. The dawn.
    What are we always doing. Growing old.
    As black as ink, as white as milk, and it hops on the ground like hailstones.
    A magpie.
    Maggie Kennedy, Gortngowna,
    Templederry, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
    November 8th and 10th 1937
    Told by Batt Kennedy, Gortnagowna. Templederry, Thurles, Co. Tipp
    Age 60 years.
    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
    Maggie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnagowna, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Batt Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Gortnagowna, Co. Tipperary