School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)

Location:
Rossmore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Michéal Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0307, Page 026

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    23. Through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a caster full of pepper, through a horse's shin-bone, and such a riddle was never known! Lightning.
    24. Up the chimney, down, and down the chimney up An umbrella.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Collection of Riddles
    1. What is it that has feet but no legs? a ruler.
    2. Riddle me riddle me farmers fiddle, alive at both ends and dead in the middle? a man and his horses ploughing.
    3. What is it that is too short but if you cut a piece off it will be long enough? a grave
    4. How may thorns in a acre of furze? one and all the rest.
    5. What is it that has teeth but cannot eat? a comb.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chrissy Holland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Cork