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School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)

Location:
Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean an Risigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 239

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    As I went out and soon came in.
    Out of the dead the alive did spring
    I killed six and seven came free.
    And I am dead if you riddle that to me. Thirteen birds in a skull.
    In a field there is a house.
    In a house there is a press,
    In a cup there is a sup.
    That every one must taste. death.
    It is as white as milk, but milk it is not
    It is as green as grass, but grass it is not.
    It is as red as blood, but blood it is not.
    It is as black as ink, but ink it is not.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mena Lovett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mary Lovett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry