School: Eiscir

Location:
Esker, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlís Ní Ódhráin
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  1. Riddles
    18 - 10 -'37
    What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    (A nail in a man's boot).
    Around the house around the house.
    Dragging a harrow after it.
    (A hen and a clutch of chickens).
    Black and white and read all over.
    (A newspaper).
    There is something useful in a house.
    Its neither inside nor outside.
    (A window).
    It walks on the road with bones in it.
    It grows in the wood with leaves on it.
    (A pair of clogs).
    Why does a cow look over the wall.
    (Because she can't look under it).
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killaltanagh, Co. Galway