School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  1. Riddles
    Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire
    A cake in an oven
    Why is it dangerous to go into the woods in Spring
    Because the buds are shooting
    Black and white and hops on the road like hail-stones
    A mag-pie
    What fortune do people not want to meet
    Misfortune
    As I went out my grandfather's gap I saw a man a hanging I took him down and drank his blood and left his body hanging
    A cherry
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Fleming
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garlagh Cross, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bendan Fleming
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garlagh Cross, Co. Meath