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School: Eaglais

Location:
Burren, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 238

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    It is deep and it is damp,
    It is mossy on the bank
    And it is fit for a Lord or a lady
    (A Grave)
    North, East, West, South.
    300 teeth without a mouth.
    (Cards for carding wool)
    It is in the shop and cannot be sold
    It is in the meadow and cannot be mowed.
    (The Sun)
    There is a fiddler in Ireland who has a brother a fiddler in England
    The brother the fiddler has no brother a fiddler in Ireland
    (The fiddler in Ireland was a girl)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English