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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
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    1. Over and under the fire and never touches the fire. What is that?
    A. A cake in an oven.
    2. As big as a wall, as white as milk, as red as blood and as sweet as honey?
    A. An apple.
    3. What is the useless thing you could have in your pocket?
    A. A hole.
    4. I have a little cow and she would eat more hay from here to Londonderry and if I gave her a drink she would die.
    A. The fire.
    5. "Hoddy-doddy",
    With a round black body,
    And a flat hat!
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Informant
    James Guiheen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Derreenine, Co. Roscommon