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School: Baile Rua (Buachaillí)

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Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Crosáin
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    What is an eye that cannot see. Answer: A needle. What are teeth that cannot bite. Answer: A comb. Inck and ank under the bank ten drawing four. Answer: A woman milking a cow. As I went up the garden I met my uncle Teddy pins and needles in his coat and off for Tipperary. Answer: A hedge hog. On younder clear, neither feather flesh nor bone or younder hill she lies alone. Answer: The Sun. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the sea water would not fill it up. Answer: A tailor's thimble.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mr Luke Tully
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilnalag, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Kilnalag, Co. Galway