School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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  1. Riddle: In love I sit and in love I stand; and love I hold all in my hand. I loved love loved me and can you riddle that for me.
    Answer: I had a lottle dog named love the dog died and i made a glove a slipper and a pad to sit on out of the skin.
    Riddle: As black as ink and hops on the road like a hail stone
    Answer: a ball. Riddle: One moonlight as I sat high watching one as two passed by. Mu heart was shaking and the tree was shaking watching the hole the rogue was making. Answer: A woman and a man said they would go to a wake. The man made up his mind to kill the woman, they were to meet at a certain part of the road. The woman landed first and climbed up a tree when the man came he
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Patrick O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Tipperary