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

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    13-1-'38.
    Riddles.
    Around the house there is a well and in the well there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must taste?
    Death.
    What has no wings but can fly.
    Dust.
    What is black and white and red all over.
    A news paper.
    What always goes before you and never goes behind.
    Your breadth.
    Around the house, around the house and after it never goes into the house? A path.
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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
    Collector
    Annie Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon