School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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    day and sleeps behind the door at night?
    A sweeping brush.
    On what side of the mug is the handle?
    On the outside.
    What goes all around the world and never stops?
    The moon.
    Twenty four white horses tied in a stall up comes the red one and licks them all?
    Your teeth and tongue?
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k?
    That.
    Three p p p two e e and one r?
    Pepper
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lucy Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Galway