School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   If all the money in the world was divided equally among all the people what would each one get?
   An equal share.
   What belongs to yourself and your friends use it more that yourself?
   Your name

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Another old man named William Healy also of Carnaree told me many old riddles that are used locally. The best known of these are:-
   What can pass before the sun without making a shadow?
   The wind.
   What is the beginning of every end and the end of every place?
   The letter E.
   What is that which increases the more it is shared by others?
   Happiness
   Why is necessity like a solicitor?
   It knows no law.

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   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Caitlín Ní Dáithí

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrownree, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Peter Gallagher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardnaglass, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   William Healy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrownree, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Davey

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrownree, Co. Sligo