School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
(name not given)
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  1. What is that which has four fingers and a thumb and neither flesh nor bones?
    (A glove)
    Why is the pig the queerest animal?
    (Because its killed first and then it is cured)
    What is as black as ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hailstones?
    (A magpie)
    A little red man, a little red coat, a staff in his hand, and a stone in his throat?
    (A haw)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marie Thérése Boland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belturbet, Co. Cavan