School: Ardrahan, Mainistir Ó dTórna (roll number 13167)

Location:
Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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    Davy he had an iron nose and timber toes and 'pon my word he would frighten the crows. A gun.
    As I was going to London I met a little tailor. I put him in my pocket for fear the ducks would eat him. He began to pinch me and I began to beat him and I threw him in the puddle and the ducks began to eat him. A frog.
    One fine day in the middle of the night two dead men got up to fight. Two men with crutches ran for the priest, two blind men were looking on and two dumbies told the news.
    I went to the wood and I got it. I sat down and looked at it. The more I looked at it the more it pained me. I brought it home and couldn't help it. A thorn in my foot.
    What is under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. A cake of bread baking in an oven.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup,
    And all the king's horses couldn't pull it up.
    A pump.
    Riddle riddle ree such a riddle couldn't be
    Through a rock through a reel through an old spinning wheel,
    Through a miller's hopper through a little bag of pepper
    Through an old man's shinbone. Riddle me that or leave it alone.
    (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)
    Folktales index
    AT0851: The Princess who Cannot Solve the Riddle
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Sugrue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgulbin East, Co. Kerry