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School: Killea (roll number 3219)

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Killea, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 183

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    Riddles
    What has a mouth with which it never eats and a bed in which it never sleeps?
    Answer: A River.
    Black am I, much desired.
    Men and horses I have tired.
    Gold and silver I have made.
    And in the dohill now I am laid.
    Answer: Coal
    Neither inside nor outside the house does it lie.
    And yet everyday it I surely do sky.
    Anwer: A Door or Window
    What is the shyest thing in the house?
    Answer: The clock, because it keeps it's hand on it's face.
    White fowl fatherless flew away to Paradise.
    Sit on a castle wall.
    Lord Butler Anliss took him up handless.
    Ate him up toothless.
    And never let him fall.
    Answer: A butterfly and a crow.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenkeel, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Denis Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Gordon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs M. Mc Gourty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim