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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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    It is dark and damp and grassy over bank and it is fit for the Lord and Lady?
    (The Grave )
    It opens like a barn door and closes like a trap?
    (An umbrella)
    What walks with its head downwards?
    (A nail in a shoe)
    When it is out it is stiff and stout and when it's in it's easy [?] and when it's down beside the fire it's slobbary wet and greasy?
    (Cabbage)
    It is under coals over coals but never toutches the coals
    (A cake in an oven)
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it
    (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
    Kitty Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Patten
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo