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School: Rooskey

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Roosky, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Martin J. Casey
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    Q I have a little round house and it is full of meat it has no doors windows to let me in to eat.
    A An egg
    Q Red and green and yellow between the king cannot touch it no more than the queen the man in the moon can touch it as soon and tell me the riddle tomorrow at noon
    A The rainbow
    Q It went up as white as snow and it came down as yellow as gold
    A A broken egg
    Q Round the house round the house and whistle's in the keyhole.
    A The wind
    Q: The man that made it didn't want it, the man that bought it didn't wear it, the man that wore it didn't see it.
    A A coffin
    It black and white and it hops
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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
    Agnes Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Mayo