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   up comes the red one and covers them all. The tongue and teeth Spell hard water in three letters. Ice As I went out the slippery gap, who should I meet but Dick red cap, a stick in his hand and a stone in his throat if you tell me this riddle I will give you a groat. A cherry I looked for it and I could not get it. The more I looked for it, the less I liked it. I went home having it, because I could not find it. A thorn A clipper of ditches, a cutter of thorns, A little brown cow with two leather horns A hare What is it that the more you take out, the bigger it gets. A hole As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, a split in the middle and hair round it all. The eye A long legged father, a big bellied mother, and three little children the same size

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Nic Ghiolla Mhártain

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Droim Fada, Co. Shligigh

   Informant

   Brigid Mc Garraghy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ráth Phráisce, Co. Shligigh

   Informant

   Maura Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coill Chadaí, Co. Shligigh