School: Killurney, Cluain Meala

Location:
Killurney, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire de Brún
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    Q. As I walked out and in again I saw the dead the life was in. ...

    Q. As I walked out and in again I saw the dead the life was in. One escaped and five remained. Answer me that and hung I'll be.
    A. A man was to be hung long ago and if he asked a riddle that the Judge could not answer he would be set free. The man walked out in the morning and in again. He saw a robin's nest in a dead horses head. The old robin flew away and the five young ones remained.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Folktales index
    AT0851: The Princess who Cannot Solve the Riddle
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Hickey
    Gender
    Male
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    Q. The man that made it did not want it, ...

    The man that made it did not want it, the man that bought it would not wear it, and the man that wears it can not tell whether it fits him ill or well.
    A Coffin.
    A Customer entered a public house and asked for three gallon's of
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