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   Informant:- John Cancy,
   Mooghaun,
   Newmarket - on - Fgs

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   What do bees do with their honey? (Cell it) I went up a boreen, I came down a boreen, I carried the boreen on my back. (a ladder) As white as milk and milk it is not. As green as grass and grass it is not. As black as ink and ink it is not. ( a blackberry) What is it you name it immediatly (silence) What goes up a chimney down and won't come down a chimney

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr J. O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Lisduff, Co. Clare