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School: Ardrahan, Mainistir Ó dTórna (roll number 13167)

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Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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    What turns without moving. Milk.
    I wash my hands in water that never rained or ran,
    I dry them with the towel that was never woven or spun.
    I washed them in the dew and dried them in the sun.
    I was walking through a garden of wheat,
    I spied a thing which was nice to eat
    It was neither fish, flesh nor fruit,
    I put it into my pocket and it afterwards walked.
    An egg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Folktales index
    AT0851: The Princess who Cannot Solve the Riddle
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Sugrue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgulbin East, Co. Kerry