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School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)

Location:
Glenderry, Co. Kerry
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Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
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    As I went through a wood. I picked up something good to eat it was neither fish, flesh nor bone and I carried it home until it ran alone.
    An egg.
    Twenty four white horses tied to the stall, up came a red one and licked them all.
    Your teeth and tongue.
    A little brown cow tied to a stall, she drinks all around her, and eats nothing at all
    A lamp.
    A houseful and a roomful and you could not catch a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tiduff, Co. Kerry