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School: Cordangan, Tiobraid Árann (roll number 9670)

Location:
Cordangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 303

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    Riddles
    What is full and holds more?
    A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball. It can climb the church over steeple and all?
    The Sun
    As I was going to the fair of the mines I met nine tinkers, there were nine wives. Each wife had a cat, each cat had a kitten, how many went to the fair of the mines?
    One.
    If a load of turf went down the street what would it come to?
    Ashes
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Kinane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Gortaknockeare, Co. Tipperary