School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)

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1. Riddles

   

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   R. Of all the four elements put together fire, water, earth and air. A shoemaker can make shoes without leather. Riddle me that and I will buy you a new pair.
   A. A blacksmith making horse shoes.

   R. I have it here see if yonder black sheep with blue feet.
   A. Breath

   R. An old red cow lying by the wall. She eats all she gets and drinks none at all.
   A. A fire

   R. What turns without moving?
   A. A road

   R. If a person falls off a house what does he fall against.
   A. Against hid will

   R. Twenty sick sheep went out on a gap. Two fell dead how many came back.
   A. Eighteen

   R. What is it that goes up the ladder with its head down?
   A. A nail in a man's boot

   R. Two feet on the ground three feet overhead. The head of the living in the mouth of the dead.
   A. A man with a pot on his head.

   R. As I was going to London I saw a great wonder four and twenty wild geese tearing the world asunder.
   A. A man harrowing,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Mary Gilligan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Fenagh, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Thomas Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Drumdillure, Co. Leitrim