What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.)

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What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.)

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Irish myth*Cross.

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Filed under Riddle: animal qualities.

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What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.)What animal has one voice living and seven voices dead? (Ibis, from whose carcass musical instruments are made.)

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Salamander subsists on fire

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