School: St Mary's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 370

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  1. Riddles
    What holds up water and wont hold in water
    The crook
    Which of the black sheep or the white sheep eats the most grass
    The white because there are the most of them
    Cut my head and shaved my face and took me from my dwelling place tired horse and wearied man left me at my journeys end.
    Turf.
    White foul featherless flew away from Paradise rested on the castle walls round came lord landless ate it up mouthless and rode away horseless
    Rain coming and washing away the snow
    As white as milk and milk it is't as green as gress and grass it is't; as red as blood and blood it is't; as black as ink and ink it is't/
    A Blackberry
    A sheep full of crumbs and a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lilly O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slavary, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Donaghy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Slavary, Co. Donegal