School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)

Location:
Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Staráid
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    All her children are dead with age.
    And she's alive hersel.
    Answer. An apple tree.
    As I was siting on my hunkers.
    Looking through my eye winkers.
    I saw the dead bury the living.
    Answer. Raking the fire.
    As I was going over Derry wall.
    I heard a dead man give a call;
    He had a mouth of bone,
    A beard of flesh,
    And such a man was never born.
    Answer. A rooster.
    What never was, nor never will be,
    Look on your hand and you plainly will see.
    Answer. Your wee finger will never be as long as the other fingers.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eliza Elliott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathdonnell, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs W. Elliott
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Address
    Rathdonnell, Co. Donegal