School: Drumaweir (roll number 5228)

Location:
Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Dómhnaill
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  1. I looked through a pane of glass and I saw the dead carrying the living.
    A ship.
    It was a month old when Moses was born and it is a month today.
    The moon.
    As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the half of a woman and the whole of a man.
    A penny.
    I went up the road and I went down the road and I took the road on my back.
    A ladder.
    A hard working father, an easy going mother, and twelve sons.
    A clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Cole
    Gender
    Female
  2. Question I went up the road and I went down the road and I took the road on my back.
    Answer A ladder.
    Q. A hard working father, an easy going mother, and twelve sons.
    A. A clock.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.