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School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)

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Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 616

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    Q. I have a little man alone in the field
    When I pull his leg his nose will bleed?
    A. A pump.
    Q. What do we often catch but never see?
    A. A passing remark.
    Q. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat,
    You could guess for ever but you could not guess that
    A. A pipe
    Q. As I went out a slippery gap, I met a man with a red cap, he was more afraid of the cock and the hen than the king and all his men.
    A. A worm.
    Q. One head, one foot and four legs?
    A. A bed.
    Q. What is it the whole of which is lighter than the half
    A. The moon
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Lonergan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary