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School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 179

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    “Near Castleknock there was a woman and a man and their son.”

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    saw the woman and a caffin on he back and a hatchet in it to kill him. He got a mass for her and he died after.
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    What goes in dry and comes out wet
    Tea
    Hairy all over, rough in the skin two things wagging and won going in
    A pig
    Riddle me riddle me meree such a fiddle culd never be. Through a rock, through a bell. Through an old spinning wheel.
    Through a basin full of pepper. Through an old sheep's trotter. Through horses skin bone such a riddle was never known.
    Thunder.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Purcell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Purcell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin