School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 257

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    54. What is that, that walks on four legs in the morning and two legs in the middle of the day and three legs in the evening and four legs again at night?
    Answer = A man.
    (He creeps in his infancy on his hands and feet. When he is a man he walks erect and in the evening of his life he supports his body with a stick, and in the night of his life he walks with two crutches.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Toman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brislagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Toman
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brislagh, Co. Roscommon