Scoil: Árd-achadh (B.) (uimhir rolla 14075)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. A Collection of Riddles

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   There was once a man condemned to death. He was to be pardoned if he made a riddle that the Governor of the prison could not solve. This was the riddle he made.
   I walked out and before I came in, I saw a wonderful thing,
   Out of the dead the live did spring,
   The nine did lie,
   And the tenth did fly.
   Riddle me that
   And I am willing to die.
   Ans: A bird’s nest in a dead horse’s skull.

   In green graver I do travel,
   In green oak I do stand
   I rode a mare that was never foaled,
   and kept the bridle in my hand
   Ans: Steering a ship.

   Four feet overhead,
   Two feet underneath,
   The head of living,
   In the mouth of dead,
   Ans: A man carrying a pot

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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