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School: Corraslira

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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles Heard Locally

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    A collection of riddles heard locally
    1. As round as an apple as deep as a cup,
    And all the men in Derry would not lift it up.
    A well.
    2. I have a little cow she lies by the wall,
    She would eat all the hay from here to Donegal.
    A fire.
    3. What is it the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    A hole.
    4. Why is D like a beach?
    Because it is beside the (c) sea.
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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
    Thomas Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Paddy Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon