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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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    How many gobs does the hen strick on the ground while she is eating?
    (One).
    As long as my finger as white as the snow the longet you pull it the shorter is grows.
    (Cigarette)
    Why does the cow look over the wall?
    (She cannot look under it)
    As I went up the boteen I met my Auteen Noreen iron nose steel toes on my word she'd frighten the crows.
    (Gun)
    It's under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo