School: Manulla (roll number 14544)

Location:
Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Mac an Adhastair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 218

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 218

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    As I went out in the garden I met my uncle Davie I cut off his head and left his body lying easy? A head of cabbage. It is cut at the table and never eaten? A pack of cards. A little red minicheen with a long nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows? A candle. It goes round the house and round the house and lies at the back door? A broom. It is as round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Kerry would not take it up. A well. It goes in dry and comes our wet? Tea. A red head and a wooden leg. A match. Around the wood and round the wook and sleeps in the wood at night? A dishcloth. What is full and holds more. A pot full of potatoes when you pour more water into it. A man crossed the river with forty patches in his britches what tie is it? It is time to get a new one. My hands are black my face is white I am always working day and night it is strange to say I cannot tell the time? A clock.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo