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School: Baile Uí Ghrádaigh, Ceann Tuirc

Location:
Ballygrady South, Co. Cork
Teacher:
N., Bean de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 150

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Answer - A woman milking a cow.
    As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstone.
    Answer - A Magpie.
    Why is Eire like a bottle?
    Answer - Because it has a Cork at one end of it.
    Riddle me riddle what is this over the head and under the hat.
    Answer - The hair of the head.
    What walks with its head down?
    Answer - A stud in a boot.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church -wall over steeple and all.
    Answer - The sun.
    What goes between two woods and comes home between two waters.
    Answer - A person who fetches water
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lackeel, Co. Cork