School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

Location:
Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 86

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  1. Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat
    You may guess for ever
    But you could not guess that?
    A pipe.
    What goes away above the ground and returns under it?
    A man with sods on his head.
    Middy noddy round body,
    Three feet and a wooden hat.
    A pot.
    What is it always walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot.
    What's full and holds more?
    A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    I have a web of checker
    Neither wrought or spun
    It would cover all the world
    But the water and the sun?
    Dew.
    One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Hannah Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female