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School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 04_006

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    house.
    What is full by day and empty by night a shoe
    You have eyes that cannot see you have a tongue that cannot speak, Eyes and tongue of a shoe.
    Long legs crooked thighes small head and no eyes.
    As I was going up to Dullin, I met a black man in the road, I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body standing. A bottle of Porter As I was going down Limerick streets, I met a little tailor, I put him into my packet before the crows would eat him
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Elligott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinruddery, Co. Kerry