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School: Ceis Carraigín (roll number 13849)

Location:
Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Mag Fhionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 047

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    Riddles
    1. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    A Crook [?]
    2. Twelve in a bed and none at the stock?
    Spokes in a wheel of a cart.
    3. Long legs, short thighs, little head, and no eyes?
    The tongs.
    4. What is full and holds more?
    A pot of potatoes.
    5. What walks with its head down?
    A nail in a mans boot.
    6. I have a little horse tied to the wall. If I give him hay he
    will fly. If I give him water he will die?
    The fire.
    7. I have a little horse with an iron throat. As soon as he
    gallops he swallows the rope?
    Sewing Machine.
    8. the half of the moon, and the whole of the hill, put that
    together and spell it for me?
    Mohill.
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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
    Conn O' Boy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumingna, Co. Leitrim