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School: Cúl Doire (roll number 8008)

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Coolderry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Máille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 007

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
    Answer The bark of a tree.
    When it is 59 minutes past twelve how is it that it is compared to a wicked man or a woman.
    Answer Because a wicked man would be near striking one and the clock would be near striking one.
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first.
    Answer Her breath.
    As I went into a roomful, I couldn't get a spoonful.
    Answer Smoke in a room.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man.
    Amswer A penny.
    John Ryan Finnahy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. A Story of a Hidden Treasure

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Maher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pallashill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis Meagher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Pallashill, Co. Tipperary