School: Moher

Location:
Moher, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
J. Wilson
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  1. Riddles
    1.
    One half dead, the other half living,
    And a tail wagging?
    Answer: A dog with its head in a pot
    2.
    There is a little round house
    And it would not hold a mouse
    There is that many windows on it, as the Lord Mason's house
    Answer: A thimble
    3.
    King MacRory built a ship
    And in that ship his daughter sits
    And I would be blamed for telling her name
    And that is three times I have told it?
    Answer: And
    4.
    What does up the chimney,
    Down it up?
    Answer: A umbrella
    5.
    What has neither flesh or bones
    Your fingers and a thumb?
    Answer. A glove
    6.
    What goes round the house
    And round the house and drags its guts after it?
    Answer; A hen with a flock of chickens
    7.
    Twenty sick sheep went through a gap
    One of them died and how many were left?
    Answer: Nineteen were left.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Portacloghan, Co. Cavan