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School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0038

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    What is filled but yet it holds more
    A pot of potatoes with water.
    As round as an apple
    As plump as a ball
    To climb the church steep and
    The sun.
    Under the fire and over the fire and never goes near the fire.
    A cake in an oven.
    Four feet a head and a foot
    A bed
    I went up the road
    I met my Auntie Nora
    I cut her head and drank her blood
    I left her bones there
    A bottle of whiskey.
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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
    Katty Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway