School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)
- Location:
- Maughanaclea, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Macháin
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- 1 What fish proves that a woman is married. Ans. Herring2 As black as ink, as white as Milk, pelting in the ground like hailstones. Ans. A magpie. 3 Behind in Paul, before in Luke, and Mary Mullins had it twice in the same place. Ans. The letter L.4. "Through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper, through a horses shin-bone, such a riddle was never heard before." Flash5. (Brown I am, but Black I'll be
Many the man has injured me.)
They broke my back, and cut my face, and took me from my native place. Ans. A sod of turf6. It goes in through the wall and out through the wall but never touches the wall. Ans. Music.7. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. Ans. A Cake baking.8. Under water and over water and never touches the water. Ans. A woman carrying a pail of water in her head while crossing a bridge.9. Tis'nt Round, Tis'nt square, wet within, and fringed with hair. Ans. The eyes.10. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the head of a woman, the whole of a man. Ans. a penny 11. As I went up a slippery gap I met my aunty Mary(continues on next page)
