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School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)

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Ardagh, Co. Limerick
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Anraoi Musgrave
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    eat,
    ’Twas neither fish, flesh, feather or bone.
    Riddle me that and leave me alone.
    Ans: An egg.
    Ready in the morning,
    I drank at a spring.
    Round was the cup,
    And gold was the ring.
    Through iron bars,
    And cold stone walls.
    If you riddle me that,
    I am condemned.
    Ans: A drink from his mother’s breast through the iron bars.
    As I went out my gable window
    I saw the dead carrying the live.
    Ans: A train.
    Bessey inside the ditch,
    Bessey outside the ditch,
    And if you touch Bessey,
    She will pinch you.
    Ans: A nettle.
    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
    Informant
    John Mullins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farranatlaba, Co. Limerick