School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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  1. 1. I have a little Kerry cow, she is tied to the wall, she drinks the whole world but she eats nothing at all.
    Ans. A lamp.
    2. Porridge hot, porridge cold, porridge in a pot and it nine days old, spell me that without a P and a scholar you will be.
    Ans. "That".
    3. The queen of Aracha she built a ship and there her daughter lives and I would be killed if I told her name and there I have said it three times.
    Ans. And.
    4. There was a man going through this town. Great Britain was his name, his
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Bairéad
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry