School: Mullach na Sídhe (B.) (roll number 15425)
- Location:
- Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 258
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Through a rock and a reel,
Through an old spinning wheel,
Through a miller's hopper,
Through a bag of pepper,
Through matter alone an old shin bone,
such a riddle as that never before was known.
Answer, (a moth)
It was once living and hair on it,
It was once growing and leaves on it,
It is now dead and living bones in it.
Answer, [struck out and enclosed in parentheses: "a moth"] a clo[?g; illegible owing to crease of binding]
Long legs, short thighs, small head, and no eyes.
Answer, (a tongs)
Riddle me, riddle me, anty oh!
My father gave me seed to sow,
The seed was black, the ground was white,
riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
Answer, (ink and paper)
