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School: Cnoc, Abbeyleix (roll number 2324)

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Knockardagur, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seán Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 162

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    "Four legs covered with feathers a head and a tail?
    Answer: A bed".
    "Ink, Ank, under under a bank ten drawing four"?
    Answer: " A woman milking a cow".
    "I have a great goose she is of a large size the man that would buy her would want to be wise, she has feet in her body and walks upon none, goes far for her lodgings and seldom comes home?"
    Answer: "A ship."
    "As black as Ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hailstones"?
    Answer: "A magpie".
    "What goes from house to house and is out all night"?
    Answer: "A road".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boleybeg, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr W. Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boleybeg, Co. Laois