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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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    What is it that you can never grasp?
    The air.
    It is in the meadow and it is never cut and it is in the shop and it is never sold.
    The sun.
    I have a little pony and what he reaps during the day covers him at night.
    A fire.
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it.
    A Coffin.
    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 Morley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Belesker, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Darcy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Belesker, Co. Mayo