School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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   Riddles
   The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it. A boffin little page in her cage all her children died of age and herself as freshas ever. An appletree it is red and blue and white and green and the king can not get it no more
   The Rainbow
   Alice Magner Told by my father
   Thomastown Mathew Magner
   Golden Thomastown
   Co. Tipperary Golden
   It is not inside or outside but it is under the roof of the house. A window

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   What is it that is put on the table cut but never eaten. A pack of cards. There stands a little red cow by the wall she eats all she gets and drinks none atall. A fire. Ink ank under a bank 10 draws four. A woman milking a cow. As I went up a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy. I cut off his head and left his body easy. A head of cabbage. What is it that has neither fish flesh nor bone and still it has four fingers and a thumb. A glove.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Hourigan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Hourigan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   45

   Address

   Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary