School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0004

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Because it is in the middle of grease.
    As I looked out my grandfather's window I saw the dead carrying the living. A motor.
    If a person fell from the roof of a house what would he fall against first?
    His will.
    Long legs, straight thighs, small heads and no eyes. A tongs.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the kings horses would never draw it up. A will.
    A little round house full of meat no door to go in to eat. An egg.
    Black and white and read all over.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Costello
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway