School: Cúl Mín, Inis

Location:
Coolmeen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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    What goes up when rain comes down. (Answer) an umbrella.
    As round as a marble as flat as a pan half of a woman the other half of a man. (Answer) a penny.
    As white as milk as black as ink and hops on the road like a ball of hail-stone. (Answer) a magpie.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. My first is in toffee and also in tart. My second's in parcel an also in part. My third and my fourth are in reason you see My fifth and sixth are in sure, you'll agree. When you find that my seventh in rose, you can guess that my eight is in something I want to possess
    (Answer) Treasure\
    What has no wings but can fly
    (Answer) Dust.
    Why is a bubble like a bruise.
    (Answer) Because both are caused by a blow.
    Sixteen legs and cant walk.
    (Answer) Eight
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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
    Baby Galvin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryshaan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Galvin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derryshaan, Co. Clare