School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 445

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    There came a man without hands,
    Climbed up without feet,
    Cooked it without fire.,
    Answer: A snowflake falls on a tree branch, and the sun comes up and melts it.
    (99) A beautiful lady in a garden lived,
    Her beauty was fair as the sun,
    In one hour of her life she
    became a man's wife,
    And she died before she was born.
    Answer: An Eve.
    (100) Man what made it, don't use it, Man what use it, don't know it.
    Answer: A coffin.
    (101) What is most like a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon