School: Druminardly
- Location:
- Drumman Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles
And hang me up by the ears
Until I cry down scorching tears
They then draw near though not from pity
But for sake of what I do contain
They take me from the flames again
The food they gave me with such care
They take it back I do declare
Answer: A pot3)
Spell red rover of the world in three letters
Ans: A fox
Got from Mrs. Michael McHugh. Druminardly, Rooskey, Dromod, Co. Roscommon (aged 49)
- 1)
What is better than God, worse than the devil, dead men ate and if a living man ate it he would die
Ans: Nothing
2)
As I went up corn hill, corn hill was shaking. As I came down corn hill, corn hill was breaking
Ans: A man cutting oats
3)
Why is an over coat like a knocker of a door
Ans: because the two of them are two outside wrappers
4) When does water stop running down a hill
Ans: when it's at the bottom
5)
If I was in the sun and (you) u out of it(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Mathew Moffatt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crunkill, Co. Roscommon
