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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 332

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    The man who buys it never owns it. The man who owns it never knows it.
    (A coffin)
    (2) What makes shoes? (Tools)
    (3) Through the wood, and through the woods and touches each tree. (Snow)
    (4) The longer it lives, the shorter it grows. (A candle)
    (5) Flies high, lies low, and wears boots. (A road)
    (6) A little red cow standing beside a fence, she will eat everthing I give her, but if I give her water she will die. (A fire)
    (7) A leaper of ditches, a cropper of thorns, a tiny boy with two leather horns. (A hare)
    (8) "Ink ank" under the bank, hundreds of devils growing out of one shank.
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    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
    Eddie Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreenahinch, Co. Roscommon