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School: Cúl Mín, Inis

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Coolmeen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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    I went to Rome one day and I saw three pots boiling and no fire under them
    (Answer) Three spring wells.
    My father's brother had a brother he was not my uncle who was he.
    (Answer) My father.
    How many sticks go to make a magpies nest.
    (Answer) None go they are all brought.
    Why is the wick of a candle like Athens.
    (Answer) It is in the middle of Greece.
    A little well on the top of a hill with a glass window and an earthen door.
    (Answer) An eye.
    It flys through the air. It wears shoes and has no legs.
    (Answer) A football.
    What is the horse's shoe like.
    (Answer) The mares.
    What goes from here to Ennis and does not move.
    (Answer) The road.
    It is in the corner. It travells the world over and never leaves the corner
    (Answer) A stamp
    When does twopence go the farthest.
    (Answer) On a stamp
    What is dirtier that a pig in a parlour.
    (Answer) Two pigs.
    What is deeper that the sea.
    (Answer) A tailor's thimble.
    Why is a cross man like a hard baked loaf
    (Answer) he is crusty.
    Luke has it before. Paul has it behind. Biddy Mulligan has it twice in the one spot.
    (Answer) The letter L.
    Capall donn agus lár na h-abhann agus ní péidir d'aoinne marchaidheact air.
    (Freagra) lascú
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Michael Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolmeen, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolmeen, Co. Clare