School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)

Location:
Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Albert Flanagan
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    Q Around the house and round the house and drags its harrow after it.
    A. A hen and a clutch of chickens
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Q I have a little cow and she stands by the wall and she would eat all the grass from here to Donegal
    A. A fire
    Q. Neighter round nor square with hair all round and water comes out of it usually
    A. Your eye
    Q. As I went to London I met a plunder. Three pots boiling and no fire under.
    A. Three pots of Roche lime
    Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball it covers Killkenny Castle and all.
    A. The moon
    Q. I have one cow and she has one tit. She is better to me than a cow that has six
    A. A teapot
    Q. What part of the cow goes over the ditch first
    A. Her breath
    Q. Luke has it in front. Paul has it behind a girl has it a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon