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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 491

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    Birmingham.
    A, Because there is only one "B" in it.
    Q. What must you give away before you get it back.
    A. Your photo.
    Q. Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life?
    A, A clergyman.
    Q. Black and white went up the hill. Black came down and white stood still?
    A. A black hen laying a white egg.
    Q. I sat on my hunkers and I peeped through my winkers and I saw the dead bury the live
    A. The tongs burying the fire.
    Q. A kitchen full, a room full, and you cannot get a spoonful.
    A. Light.
    Q. What is it goes away between two woods and comes back home between two waters.
    A. A man fetching water in a pale.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincent Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Dyra
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo