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School: Eaglais

Location:
Burren, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S. Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 043

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Hink hank under the bank 10 drawing 4.
    (milking cow)
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan Half a woman and half a man
    (penny)
    Its a town in old Ireland Well nourished in fame. Backways and frontways It spells just the same
    (Navan)
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup. All the men in Ireland couldn't pull it up.
    (Well)
    Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire
    (cake in oven)
    Black and white and read all over
    (newspaper)
    In in the day and out in the night
    (latch of door)
    Long leged father and big bellied mother
    (pot and hooks)
    As I went up cornhill Cornhill was shaking
    And all the men in cornhill were gathered in an acre
    (a funeral)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs K. Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Burren, Co. Mayo