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School: Cnoc Breac (roll number 13041)

Location:
Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conchubhair
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    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it
    A coffin.
    I is black tis white and it hops on the ground like hailstone
    A magpie.
    Its here tis there 'tis everywhere,
    Its over in castle garden,
    It takes a bite as big as a horse.
    And after all it eats no grass.
    Scythe
    Its as round as a marble and flat like a pan half a woman and all a man
    penny
    Long legs crooked thighs a big head and no eyes.
    tongs
    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
    Eileen O' Connor
    Gender
    Female