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School: Baile Fionáin, Fearann Fuar (roll number 7990/1)

Location:
Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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    Q As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all.
    A The Sun.
    Q What is it always with its head down.
    A A nail in your boot.
    Q Middy, noddy, round body three feet and a wooden hay
    A A pot.
    Q. It is as round as a bowl, as flat as a pan half of a woman and all of a man.
    A A penny.
    Q Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may
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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
    Hanna Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanes, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Andrew Brosnan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockanes, Co. Kerry