School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher

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Riddles

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 092

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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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Collector
Tom Coughlan
Gender
male
Address
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Informant
Mrs Coughlan
Relation
grandparent
Gender
female
Language
English