School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 310

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  1. Black and white went up the hill. Black came down and white stood still? A hen laid an egg
    No longer good I'm cast away a sharp long nail got in my way? A motor tyre
    I crossed over the field in my bare feet. I picked up something good to eat twas neither fish flesh feather or bone. I held it till it walked alone? A knife
    The half of a moon the hole of a hill what's that if it stands still? Mohill
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side of it a woman an the other a man? a penny
    As round as a apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry wouldnt lift it up? a well
    It has a mouth it has a bed it never eats it never sleeps? a river
    What sleeps with its finger in its eye? a crook
    Black and white and read all over? a newspaper
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charlie Faughnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim