School: Coolfancy, Tinahely

Location:
Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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  1. Niddy, noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat?
    - A pot
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it?
    - A coffin
    England, Ireland, France and Spain.
    All mixed up with a shower of rain.
    Put in a bay, tied with a string
    And makes an old woman cry dingle-ding?
    - A pudding
    Little Red Nancy sitting on the wall. The longer she sits there, the sooner she'll fall?
    - A candle
    When does a shepherd bend his sheep without hurting them?
    - When he puts them in a fold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Deegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mill Land, Co. Wicklow