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School: Baile Glas (roll number 13654)

Location:
Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Cáit Ní Rúis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 17

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 17

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    The only way the old people of Ireland had to amuse themselves and to pass the time away, was telling tales and asking riddles. The following are a few of the riddles;
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in London would not pull it up? Ans.- The Sun shining in a well.
    A man without eyes saw apples on a tree he took no apples from it and no apples there left he.
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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
    Brendan Grealy
    Gender
    Male