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School: Baile Tiobóid (roll number 14016)

Location:
Ballytibbot, Co. Cork
Teachers:
R. de Brún E. Mac Carrthaigh
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    In the field there is a box,
    And in the box there is a cup,
    And in the cup there is a sup,
    And everyone must taste it?
    Death.
    Why does a donkey eat thistles?
    Because he is an ass.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry,
    Spell me without a K?
    That.
    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat,
    You may guess for ever,
    But you couldn't guess that?
    A pipe.
    What man in the world wears the
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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
    Cití Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshane, Co. Cork