School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)

Location:
Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lochlainn
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  1. What goes from house to house and never goes into a house ?
    A pass or path.
    What stands outside and eats inside ?
    A cow eating out of a tub.
    I have a wee sow, And she is tied to the wall, And she eats all the hay, From here to Donegal, The fire burning turf, A word of five letters has only one left when two are taken away.
    The word stone.
    What goes through the wood and never hits the wood ?
    A knife in a man's pocket.
    How many steps in Icup's ladder ?
    One and all the rest.
    Tink, Tink, I go through the water and can not get a drink. What am I ?
    A nail in a horse's shoe.
    As I went out in a dirty gap,
    I met my uncle Dan, I cut off his head,
    drank his blood and left him
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Fred Forbes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Mary Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Michael J. Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Nora Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim