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School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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Thomastown, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhlaine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 330

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A man harrowing a garden.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy - a head of cabage
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  2. Riddles

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    What is it that is under the fire and over the fire but still never touches the fire - a cake in an oven
    There was a beggar in Cork who had a beggar a brother in New York but the beggar in New York had not a beggar a brother in Cork, why? Because the beggar in Cork was a sister to the beggar in New York.
    There is a river in Tipperary and it is of great, spell it backwards and forwards and you will find it the same. - The Ara
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Bourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leinster Farm, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Bourke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Leinster Farm, Co. Tipperary