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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 71

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The sun reflected in a well.
    12 Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever but you would not guess that?
    A Pipe.
    13 What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening?
    A man in his three stages of life.
    14 There was a weaver in Druminane weaving his web, he was not living and not dead and he was not in Druminane weaving his web?
    Not was his surname.
    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
    Brighidh Morley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Grealy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo