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School: Gráig na Gréine (roll number 12819)

Location:
Graignagreana, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Anna Ní Shiocfhradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0469, Page 027

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    As I was walking I heard a man talking. His mouth of horn and his head of flesh and such a man was never born.
    A cock.
    An thing that has three feet and never walks.
    A yard.
    A little polly cow tied up on the wall. She drinks all she gets and eats none at all.
    A lamp.
    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
    Seamús Uá Dubhgaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughbrin, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Síle Ní Dhubhghaill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughbrin, Co. Kerry