School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin

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A Collection of Riddles

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 258

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55. In the garden was laid, the most beautiful maid that ever was seen in the morn. The first day of her life, she was made a bride, and she died before she was born.
Answer = Eve.
56. The kitchen is full and the room is full and I dare you catch a spoonful.
Answer = Smoke.
57. From heaven I fall, on earth I begin. No lady on earth can show such a skin. I'm as light as a feather, but I'm dark and heavy when I'm squeezed together.
Answer = Snow.

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Collector
Winnie Tivenan
Gender
female
Address
Cornameelta, Co. Roscommon
Informant
Mrs Mary Kate Tivenan
Relation
parent
Gender
female
Address
Cornameelta, Co. Roscommon
Language
English