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School: Coradh Chaitlín (C.)

Location:
Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlin, Bean Mhic Conmara
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    If a man got sixpense for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles? (sore feet)
    How many cow's tails would reach the sky? (One if it were big enough)
    How many pints of water in the sea? (Stop the rivers flowing and then I will count them.
    Four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all around (a bed)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Peter Flannery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Crossagh, Co. Clare