School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta

Location:
Sragh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Gormáin
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    What is it that walks with its head down?
    The nail of your boot.
    Why can't you write a letter on your knees?
    Because it is on paper you should write it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Here I stand and far I see an old grey man on a holly tree. He could kill a bull and fight a bear and conquer all the men in Clare? Hunger.
    A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire? A cage.
    Then men's length, ten men's strength and one man could carry it in one hand?
    A rope.
    What is the highest and the handsomest with the head off? A pillow.
    What is it that you often catch but never see? A passing moment.
    What is it that is twice in a moment, once in a minute, and never in a hundred years?
    The letter "m".
    No bottom has the barrel small and yet it is full of living flesh? A tailor's thimble.
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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
    Tomás Ó Cléirigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountrivers, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Cáit Ní Chléirigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Mountrivers, Co. Clare