School: Borrisoleigh (roll number 590)

Location:
Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 185

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  1. Riddle. Here I stand and far I see a black man in a holly tree who conquers the bull and all the birds in the air.
    Answer. Hunger.

    Riddle. Fourteen cows grazing on a lawn, up comes red bull and licks them all.
    Answer. Your tongue and your teeth.

    (Collected by class).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pat Stapleton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Tipperary