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

Location:
Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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    The King of Spain, he built a ship ¶ An' in it his daughter lies ¶ An' I'd be afraid to tell her name ¶ An' I've been told her name three times

    The King of Spain, he built a ship
    An' in it his daughter lies
    An' I'd be afraid to tell her name
    An' I've been told her name three times.
    Ann.
    Forty sheep went out a gap twenty white and twenty black twice eleven six and seven two and three how much is that.
    Five.
    I have a garden and in the garden there is a house and in the house there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup which everybody must taste.
    Death.
    What is it that we see and God doesn't see.
    Our own equals.
    As I looked out my humber bumber chainey o'
    I spied Sir Income Pincome stealing away compainy o'
    If I had my Sir Ansum Chansum Chainey o'
    I'd shoot Sir Income Pincome for stealing away compainy o'.
    A fox stealing a goose.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ned Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgulbin East, Co. Kerry