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School: Tullyveela

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Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Murray
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  1. Riddles from Corlough

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    Where was the first candle ever lighted.
    On the end?
    How many potatoes would it take to make a cake of Boxty?
    One if it were big enough.
    Twon's two o's an "l" and a "d". Put them together and spell it for me?
    London.
    I have a chest
    And in that chest
    There is a cup,
    And in that cup
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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
    Collector
    Hilda Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyveela, Co. Cavan