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School: Cartrún

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Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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    Riddles
    In my neigbourhood during the long Winter nights, the old and young people assemble in some certain house and there they enjoy themselves by telling old stories, reciting, and sing-ing old Irish songs. Some of the old people used to tell riddles, which were very entertaining to the young folk. The following are a list of riddles which I heard a few nights ago.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnycurry, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Gilhooly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Tawnycurry, Co. Leitrim