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School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)

Location:
Drimoleague, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    November 17th 1937
    ' A Collection of Riddles'
    1. A small messenger that leads from house to house and is out at night.
    Answer. A path.
    2. I went up the road and down the road, and took the road on my back.
    Ans. A ladder.
    3. A bridge on a lake without a stick or a stone.
    Ans. Ice.
    4. An old man in the garden and two hundred overcoats on him.
    Ans. A head of cabbage.
    5. The king of Ireland sent to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat.
    Ans. A ring.
    6. Behind 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 take.
    Ans. Death.
    7. A small black person with his house on his back.
    Ans. A snail.
    8. It is rounder than your head and is
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    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
    Sean O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs N. O' Brien
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromdaleague, Co. Cork