School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)

Location:
Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
(name not given)
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  1. Question. There was a man rode through the town Great Britian was his name the horse he rode was shod with gold three times I have his name.
    Answer. Was.
    Q. As I went up to Saint Luke's I met three Christian people they were neither men, women, or children, what were they.
    A. Man, Woman, and child.
    Q. As I went up to saint Ive's I met nine men and their wives each wife had a cat and each cat had a kitten and how many went up to St Ives.
    A. No one but myself. I only met them.
    Q. If Jacks father was Paddy's brother what was Jacks father to Paddy's mother.
    A. Her son.
    Q. There is a well behind the house and in the well there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup and every one must taste it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    D. O' Sullivan
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Cork