School: Coillte Clochair (C.) (roll number 2364)
- Location:
- Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sorcha Ní Mhuireagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 107
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- Riddles are a great pass-time in long Winter evenings and it is an ancient custom to tell riddles. The riddles I heard locally are not very easy to answer but I will describe a few of them.
1. As I went up yon garden wall,
I heard an old man give a call,
His head was flesh, his mouth was horn,
and such an old man never was born.
Answer: a cock crowing.
2. There was a man he had no eyes.
He went out one day to view the skies
He saw a tree with apples on
He took no apples off nor he left no apples on
Answer: There were two apples on the tree he took one off and left one on.
3. Scratch my back and I'm nobody leave me alone and I'm everybody.
Answer: a looking-glass.
4. I have a wee house it wouldn't hold a [?]and there's as many windows on it as there's on Lord Coral's house.
Answer: a thimble.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Bennett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr James Mc Sherry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
