School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)
- Location:
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr Augustine
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- got a lot of money they would have a big party.
Lillie Gough
I got this information from,
Mr Gough
16 Station Road
Sutton(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Informant
- Mrs Arnold
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- (continued from previous page)Local RiddlesIn my district there are many riddles. A night time in the winter there are many riddles told.
This is a very common riddle in my district;
Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for guards, two dummies saying hurry on - A lie.
What has an eye and cannot see - A needle.
What has patches upon patches without any stitches - an union.
What has a mouth that never
