School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
A. de Búrca
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  1. Q. A humpy backed father,
    a hallowed bellied mother,
    a three ugly children.
    A. A pot
    Q. Four stick standers four lilly elders.
    two lookers, two crookers, and a wind about.
    A. A cow
    Q. There is a sow in yonder valley the more she eats the more she cries, the less she eats the less she cried.
    A. A mill
    Q. How do you get down off an ass.
    A. There is no down on him.
    Q. Which part of a cow crosses the hedge first
    A. Her breath.
    Q. Why does a hen pick a pot.
    A. Because she cannot lick it.
    Q. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would not pull it up.
    A. A draw well
    Q. What goes round and round the wood and never enters the wood.
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. Hairy all over rough in the skin two things wagging and one going in.
    A. A pig eating her food.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballycommon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mary Egan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballycommon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Egan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballycommon, Co. Offaly