School: Clochar na Trocaire

Location:
Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0058

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0058

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    As black as ink, and as white as milk, and hops on the road like a marble stone.
    A Magpie.
    The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it.
    A coffin
    It runs and it cannot walk it whistles and it cannot talk.
    A train
    Riddle my riddle my andyo my father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that, and I will give you a pint.
    Writing with black ink on white newspaper.
    Black and white and red all over.
    A newspaper.
    A little house, and a mouse could not fit in it, and all the men of Ireland could not count all the windows in it. A Thimble
    As round as an apple, and as deep as a cup, and all the men from Kerry could not take it up.
    A well.
    A little house full of food without any door or window.
    An egg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogh North, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Connolly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clogh North, Co. Galway