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School: Bundoracha (roll number 14331)

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Bundorragha, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siúbhán Bean Uí Bhúrca
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    A long time ago there lived in Ireland an enchantress and her daughter was the most beautiful creature under the sun. The old woman was ever thinking how to entice men in order to kill them and every suitor therefore who came was compelled before he could marry the daughter to answer a riddle which the enchantress proposed and which was always so puzzling that it could not be solved, and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairéad De Búrca
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Micheál O h-Oireachtaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tawnyinlough, Co. Mayo