School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

Location:
Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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  1. Guesses
    I am white as an angel as light as a feather and heavy and dark when you squeeze me together?
    Answer Snow
    On the green gravel I travelled, on the black oak I stand, I rode the mare that never was foaled?
    Answer a ship
    There is a bush in Bunagee it is covered with Ivy would starve foxed bears and the wild birds of the air?
    Answer, Hunger
    Red and yellow rose and green the King darent touch it more than the queen. The
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    James Toland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Donegal