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School: Muine an Mheadha

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Monivea, Co. Galway
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Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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    What walks on its head.
    Answer Studs.
    How many sticks goes to a crows nest.
    Answer None go they all have to be carried.
    What has one head one foot and four legs
    Answer A bed.
    An empty barrel and as fast as I am filling it it is getting lighter what am I filling it with
    Answer. Holes.
    It is high and damp and it is green about the bank and it is fit for a lord and a lady
    Answer A grave.
    It opens up like a barn door and closes down like a trap and it is many a thing you would think of before you would think of that
    Answer A coffin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Kathleen Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    96
    Address
    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway