School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 6293)

Location:
Tully More, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhrisleáin
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  1. 1. Two pigs, and they lie in one sty, when they get meat they roar and cry, and when they get none at rest they lie.
    Answer - the millstones.
    2. It was four weeks when our Saviour was born and it is not fives weeks yet.
    Answer - the moon.
    3. Three legged Mammy
    One legged Daddy
    Three children of one name. Answer: a pot.
    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 John Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ardara, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Andy Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Ardara, Co. Donegal