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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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    A hard-working father, a lazy old mother and twelve little children as black as each other.
    A block.
    What is the highest table in the world?
    The multiplication table.
    Wet and damp under the bank fit for land and lady.
    A graveyard.
    Spell hard water in three letters.
    Ice.
    What goes around the wood but never enters the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    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
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnagh, Co. Mayo