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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    16-2-38
    As round as an apple and as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all. The sun.
    What is it that always walks with its head down. The nails in your boot. What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters. A man fetching water in pails.
    What goes away above the ground and returns under it. A man with sods on his head.
    Middy noddy round body three feet and a wooden hat. A pot.
    If the finder and the poker
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon