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   Forty sheep went out a gap and forty sheep went after how many feet had forty sheep a shepherd and his dog. Two feet. As I went in the garden gate I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and I left his body easy. A Head of cabbage. I went up and down the boreen and I carried the boreen on my back. A ladder The Queen of Morocco sent to Queen Anne for a bottomless vessel to put blood and flesh in. A ring I know a little man hanging on the wall, he drinks all he gets and he eats none at all. A lamp I know a little man with a red nose, The longer he stands the shorter he grows.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Children of Killeen School

   Address

   Killeen, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Martin Healy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moyny, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Pat Tighe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Peter Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockaun, Co. Mayo