School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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  1. A useful, useless [?], instrument. The man who wants it does not know, it, and the man who knows it does not want it. Answer a coffin.
    What part of one goes into bed first? Answer a breath.
    Long legged father, big bellied mother, and three little children like each other. Answer a pot.
    Twenty four white cows landing in a byre, in comes a red bull, and licks, them all over. Answer. One's red tongue licking their teeth.
    Full of sticks, full of stones, full of dead mens bones. Answer a grave yard.
    Black, and white and read all over. Answer a newspaper.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Robert A. Manson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnacorkoge, Co. Leitrim