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School: Laragh

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Laragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Riain
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    and walks upon none,
    she is far from her dwelling house,
    and selldom comes home"
    answer; a ship
    "Upstairs. Downstairs.
    windows made of glass,
    Rings on her fingers.
    And bells on her toes,
    Tip her in the middle,
    and off she goes."
    answer; a gun
    " i washed my hands in water,
    That never was rained or rain.
    i dried them in a towel,
    thats never was woven or spun"
    answer; i washed my hand in the dew of the grass, i dried them with the sun.
    "as i was going up scraba hill.
    scraba hill was shaking,
    i saw four and twenty bulldogs
    tearing up an acre"
    answer; a harrow
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Farrelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leiter, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Philip Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Leiter, Co. Cavan