School: Gleann Iascaigh (roll number 16363)

Location:
Bellafarney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0628

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  1. 1. What is it that you cannot pull down the chimney up and you can pull up the chimney down?
    (An Umbrella.)
    2. Hink," Hank, under the bank ten drawing four.
    (A woman milking a cow.)
    3. What month do women talk the least?
    (February.)
    4. A Fire under it and a fire over it and never touches the fire.
    (A cake in the oven.)
    5. As Round as an apple, deep like a cup,
    All the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up.
    (A well.)
    6. Little thing, little thing, smaller than a mouse,
    It has more windows than a king's house.
    (A thimble)
    7. What is deeper than Hell?
    (A tailor's thimble as it has no bottom)
    8. As I was going up Corney Hill, Corney Hill was creaking. All the birds in Corney Hill were gathered in an acre.
    (A Funeral)
    9 Its deep and its damp and its green above the bank and its fit for the Lord and the Lady. (A Grave.)
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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
    Eileen Boland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Evelyn Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Francis Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Henry Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Mary Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Bartly Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Boland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Tiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Pat Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Pat Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo