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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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    What goes around the wood and round the wood and never enters the wood
    The bark of a tree
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it
    A coffin
    Why is Ireland like a bottle up side down
    Because there is a Cork at the end of it
    Why does a person carry an umbrella
    Because it cannot walk
    What goes up when the rain comes down
    An umbrella
    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
    Terry Dignan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Noon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Pollnabrone, Co. Galway