School: Cnoc Sceach, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 11424)
- Location:
- Knockskagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0311, Page 401
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- There is a field, and in the field there is a well and in the well there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must taste? Death
What part of a cow goes over the ditch first? her breath
Twenty sheep went up a gap, twenty more went after that, six and seven twice eleven, three and two how much is that? Fives
As I went up a slippery gap I saw a thing hanging, I ate the flesh and I drank the blood and left the bones hanging? A Blackberry
The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it? a coffin
Riddle me, riddle me new, what is that one the head and under the hat? Hair of head
It goes in through the wall, out through the wall but never touches the wall? Noise(continues on next page)
