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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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  1. Tomhaiseanna

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    Black and white and read all over.
    A newspaper.
    What is like half of the moon?
    The other half of it.
    Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    What is it that travels on water and never gets wet?
    Noise.
    What is the deepest thing in the world?
    A tailors thimble.
    Around the house and round the house and in every corner.
    A broom.
    A piper in Dublin had a brother a piper in Cork but the piper in Cork had no brother. What was the piper in Dublin to the piper in Cork?
    A sister.
    As I went up to London I saw a great wonder twenty-five bulldogs tearing up the ground.
    A harrow.
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    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
    Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklagh, Co. Mayo