School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc

Location:
Kilbolane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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  1. If a farmer "raised" ten acres of wheat in dry weather, what would he "raise" in wet weather? = His umbrella.
    As I was going through a field of wheat, I met a thing that you could eat. It was neither flesh, fish, feather nor bone & after a time it walked home? = A nest of eggs.
    As black as ink, as white as milk & it hops on the road like hailstone = A magpie.
    It went upstairs black & white & it came down-stairs read all over? = A newspaper.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. What goes round the table, is always cut but never eaten? = A pack of cards.
    As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, the head of a woman & the whole of a man? = A penny.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milford, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr James Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Milford, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs James Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    Milford, Co. Cork
  3. "Hoddy , doddy.
    With a round, black body
    And a big, flat hat". = A pot.
    A flock of white sheep on a red hill -
    Here they go, there they go,
    Now they stand still. - - = Teeth.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.