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   “I went up the roading I came down the roading and I carried the roading on my back.”

   

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   1. I went up the roading I came down the roading and I carried the roading on my back. -= A ladder. 2. As white as milk and milk it is not, as green as grass and grass it is not, as red as a rose and a rose ti is not, as black as ink and ink it is not. = A black berry. 3. Round the house and round the house and all heads under. = Nails in a shoe. 4. It is not inside the house or it is not outside the house and it is useful the house. = The window, 5. As I went up the road I met my uncle Ned I took of his head and drank his blood and left his body easy. = A bottle of Whiskey. 6. Ding-Dong under the bank ten drawing four. = A Woman milking a cow. 7. What men in parliment has the

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Mac Aoidh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Tomás Mac Aoidh

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo