School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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  1. 1.
    As I went up a slippery gap I met a thing rolled up in a sop, it was all flesh body and bone, and after three weeks it walked alone.
    Answer A chicken inside an egg.
    2.
    As I went up a slippery gap I met my auntie Mary, she had timber toes, and an iron nose, and upon my word she frightened the crows.
    Answer A gun
    3.
    As I went over Riverstick bridge I saw a black man standing, I took off his cap and drank his blood, and left his body standing.
    Answer A bottle of stout.
    4
    What goes around the house, and around the house and stops at the back door.
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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
    Tom Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymartle, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Coughlan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female