School: Taite Buí (Blackstaff)
- Location:
- Tattyboy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Mac Bhloscaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 269
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- Riddle me, riddle me, randy bow,
My father gave me seeds to sow,
The seeds was black, the ground was white,
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe
(Ink and paper)As I went through a muddy gap
I met a man with a red cap
A stick on his head a stone in his middle
Riddle me that and I'll give you a fiddle
(A haw)As round as an apple
As flat as a pan
One side a woman
And the other a man
(A penny)A riddle, a riddle me righ
Such a riddle couldn't be
Through a rack, through a ree
Through an old spinning wheel
Through a bag of pepper
Through a mill hopper
Through an old horse's shin bone
(A moth)(continues on next page)
