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School: Eaglais

Location:
Burren, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S. Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 122

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    What grows larger the more you take from it
    (A hole)
    Why is T in the middle of an Island
    (Because it is in the middle of water)
    Why do you go to bed
    (Because the bed wont come to you)
    Which is the grey goose or the white goose the gander
    (No goose is a gander)
    What is labour in vain?
    (To try to keep out the tide with a fork)
    What will take you to Dublin
    (A road)
    What is a herrong worth when it is half eaten
    (It is worth turning)
    What is deeper than the sea
    (A talior's thomble because it has no bottom)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáitlín Ní Chuinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs John Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sheeans, Co. Mayo