School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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  1. As green as grass and grass it isint as red as blood and blood it isint as black as ink and ink it isint?
    A blackberry.
    As I went into a garden of wheat I got a thing that any man could eat and in three weeks and in three weeks it walked alone?
    An egg and a chicken came out of it.
    Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.
    A bed.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dodie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr John Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon