School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)
- Location:
- Maughanaclea, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Macháin
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- (continued from previous page)24. The King of Manchester sent to his sister, a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat. Ans. A ring.
25. Queen Mary had it before poor thing, King William had it behind, and all good women who guess the riddle have it in the middle
The letter. M.
26. Round about, Round about Round about naked. If you're thing wont stand it, my thing will make it Ans. An egg in a eggcup.
27. "Ink", "Ink" under a [?] ten drawing Four. An. milking a cow.
28. Hairy in and Hairy out, and hairy is in to hairy's mouth. a person's leg in a stocking
29. Give me the change of a shilling in 11 coins. Ans 8 pennies & 2 1/2d + 1 3d bit.
30. As round as a marble as plump as a ball, can climb over church, steeple and all. Ans The Sin.
31. What wave does a ship never cross . Ans (waving hair.)
32. Black and white and red (read) all over. Ans Newspaper
33. As I went up a steeple I met people, they were neither men, women or children. What were they. Ans Man, woman & child.
34. " legs in the ground,4 legs in the ground. Head again (A _ss) and (a-) in the ground. Ans woman walking a goat.
35. Riddle me, Riddle me, Raintí Ó, my father gave me seeds to sow. The seeds were black and the ground was white. Riddle me that and I'' give you a pipe. Ans Ink pen and paper.
36. As grey as [?] he's very cross. If he gets a pick, he hops on the road like hail stones. Ans. A donkey.(continues on next page)
