School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)

Location:
Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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  1. Its long and its narrow and its not very wide it wears a green border on every side. A road
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry couldn't lift it up. A well.
    Why does a cow look over the hill
    Because she can't see through it.
    What was a "foot" last night.
    Twelve inches.
    Four feet up and four feet down soft in the midde and hard all round. A bed
    They cut my hair and shaved my face and left me in a naked place A peat
    Round the house and peeps in every hole and never toughes the house. The sun
    As I went up the heathry hill I met a row of bullocks they were all "lick lacket and all yellow backed." A swarm of bees.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Craig
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Stackarnagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    26
    Address
    Cabra Glebe, Co. Donegal