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

Location:
Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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  1. Q It is as round as a bowl as deep as a cup and all the men in the valley could not put it up?
    A A well.
    Q It is in the car yet it is not wanted in the car and the car would not go without it?
    A The noise.
    Q Black and white and red all over?
    A A news paper
    Q Hoddy doddy with a round black body and a flat
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Fitzgearld
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygamboon Lower, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Rice
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry