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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 178

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  1. Local Riddles

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Informant
    Mrs Arnold
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baldoyle, Co. Dublin

  2. Festival Customs (continued)

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    Local Riddles
    In 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
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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