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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Teeth in your gum.
    The King of Manchester sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold raw [?] meal
    A ring
    I have a little round house It is full of meat but there are no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    An egg.
    I have a little house that the mouse could not live in it and all the men in town couldn't count how many windows in it .
    A thimble.
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man
    A penny
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    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
    Mary Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Julia Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry