School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 038
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- 1. Through a rock, through a reel,
Through an ould spinning wheel,
Through a bag of pepper, through a miller's hopper,
Through a sheep's shank bone,
Such a riddle never was known.
Ans: = a moth.2. The shape of an apple
as deep as a pail,
She never cries out
till she's caught by the tail.
Ans: = a bell.3. What are you and me and the whole world doing at the same time.
Ans:= Getting oulder.4. As I went through yon guttery gap,
I met a wee lad with a red cap;
He was crying and I asked him what ailed him
He was more afeared of a duck or a hen
than King William and all his men.
Ans:= a worm.5. A wooden leg; it has no feet
it cannot stand; its shod with steel.
It cannot feel; its "shoot" (suit) is silk;
a belt around the middle;
and can ye tell me this funny riddle.
Ans: = an umbrella.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Mac Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullaghaloyst, Co. Monaghan
