Riddles collected by Sarah MacManus
Drumshanbo Girl's National School.

1 to 12 collected from Robert J Quaile Dennintober.
13 to 26 collected from Michael MacManus Murhaun.1. One killed one
One killed twelve
Twelve killed twenty four.
A Poisoned crow.2. As I was going to Dublin,
I saw a great wonder twenty four wild geese tearing the ground asunder
A man harrowing.3. Forty sheep went out in a gap,
Forty more along with that,
Twice eleven,
Six and seven,
Two and three,
How many is that.
Five.4. Twenty sick sheep one died.
How many was left.