School: Scoil na mBráthar, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 16725)

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1. Béaloideas - Tomhais (continued)

   

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   but still they are three people.
   A man woman and child.

   

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2. Tomhais

   “Riddle riddle ree such a riddle couldn't be, through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a miller hopper, through a bag of pepper, through an old sheep skinning bone riddle me that and leave me alone.”

   

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   Riddle riddle ree such a riddle couldn't be, through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a miller hopper, through a bag of pepper, through an old sheep skinning bone riddle me that and leave me alone. A cannon ball. Little lady luddle and she sitting in the puddle with her green top knot An onion

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jim Whelan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyneill, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   T. Holden

   Address

   Tinhalla, Co. Tipperary