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School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 094

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    6. Two little sisters dressed a like, full by day, and empty by night.
    A pair of boots.
    7. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head, and no eyes.
    A tongs.
    8. I went up the road, I went down the road, and I brought the road away on my back.
    A ladder.
    9. There are corners in a field, and in that field there is a space, and in that space there is a thing, which everyone must face.
    Death.
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Gealbháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreenagarig, Co. Cork