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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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    Suppose a man marries his first wife's step sister's aunt. What relation would she be to him.
    Ans His wife
    Fender and fire irons cost a guinea a week. What does the fuel come to at the end of the year
    Ans Ashes
    I sought for and found it. It was easily met yet God never got it or never can get
    Ans An equal
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you wouldn't guess that
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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
    Agnes Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Bartly Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70