School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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- As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the ground like hailstones.
Answer - A magpie.
Riddle me raddle me andyo my father gave me some seeds to sow when the seeds began to grow 'twas like a garden full of snow when the snow began to melt 'twas like a ship without a belt when the ship began to sale 'twas like a bird without a tail when the bird began to fly 'twas like an eagle in the sky when the sky began to fall the lord have mercy on us all.
Answer - (A) The end of the world - Collector
- Philip Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlemoyle North, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr James Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlemoyle North, Co. Tipperary
