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School: Birr (St. Brendan's)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teachers:
S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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    A. Paper and Ink.
    Q. Long legs, crooked thighs, small
    head and no eyes.
    A. A tongs.
    Q. Thirty sheep went out the gap,
    Thirty more followed that.
    Then came the shepherd and his
    dog
    How many feet was that?
    Collected by:
    Noel Martin, Garrycastle, Banagher, Offaly.
    From:
    (1) Thomas Hernon, Banagher,
    (2) Michael Gibbons, Banagher.
    (3) Joseph Martin, Banagher.
    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
    Collector
    Noel Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrycastle, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joseph Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Michael Gibbons
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Hernon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly