School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

Location:
Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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  1. 1. It shuts like a barn door, opens like a trap, you may guess for ever but you would never guess that.
    An umbrella.
    2. What is it always walks with its head down.
    A nail in your boot.
    3. A creel of turf at 2d a sod, how much did it all come to. Ashes.
    4. If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans, can a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means how many f's in "that".
    None.
    5. Two little hands with a face so bright, one to the left and the other to the right.
    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 Joynt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Conicar, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Joynt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Conicar, Co. Galway