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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 017

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    1. There was seen in the morning a beautiful maid,
    The fairest that ever was seen of a morn,
    She was wed before she was made,
    And she died before she was born.
    Q. Who was she?
    A. (Eve)
    2. There was a man of Adam's race,
    He had a certain dwelling place,
    It was neither Heaven, Earth or Hell
    Nor no other place that man could dwell.
    Q. Who was he?
    A. (Jonas in the whale)
    3. As I walked a thing I found,
    And for to find I looked around,
    If I got it, I'd throw it away,
    But when I didn't get it, I kept it all day.
    Q. What was it?
    A. A thorn in your foot.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Teresa Hackett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Sarsfield Street, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Barron
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Sarsfield Street, Co. Tipperary