School: Grianán Ailigh (roll number 2049)

Location:
Grianan of Aileach, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Niall S. Mac Aoidh
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  1. Little Mary Ann with a red nose, the longer she stands, the shorter she grows.
    A burning candle.
    As green as grass, but it is not grass, as black as ink but it is not ink, as red as blood but it's not blood.
    A blackberry.
    Can God do everything?
    No, he cannot find his master.
    What has ears and cannot hear?
    A pot.
    In grows in the wood, it sounds in the town, and earns many a pound.
    A fiddle.
    Its long and its narrow with two green ribbons one each side.
    A river
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Mac Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlecooly, Co. Donegal