School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala

Location:
Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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    Do bhí fear in a chómhnuidhe i mBaile na Giolcaighe fadó agus is é an ainm a bhí air ná Seán Hans.

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  2. I went up boreen
    I went down a boreen
    I took the boreen on my back.
    A ladder.
    What is the smallest bridge in the world?
    The bridge of your nose.
    Where was Moses when the light went out?
    In the dark.
    What State in America is high in the middle and round at each end?
    Ohio.
    What is it, the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    A grave.
    What tree grows nearest to the sea?
    The beech.
    The man that made it never wore it
    The man that wore it never saw it.
    A coffin.
    A piece of fat meat went under a gate
    Without any bone in it.
    A snail.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Teidhirs
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Buachaillí na Scoile
    Relation
    Not a relative