School: Ballycorney, Cill Dá Lua

Location:
Ballycorney, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ailís, Bean Uí Rabhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 149

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  1. 1. Under the fire and over the fire and still never touching the fire.
    (A cake baking in an oven).
    2. A white cow and she eating herself.
    (A lighting candle).
    3. A beautiful lady in a garden was laid. She was as fair as the flower in the morn. It was her first time in life and she died before she was born. (Eve).
    4. Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. (A head of cabbage).
    5. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all. (The sun).
    6. As black as ink and as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones. (A magpie).
    7. What can go through the wood without touching a leaf or a branch?
    (An Echo).
    8. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You could guess forever but you could not guess that. (A pipe).
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seosaimhín Ní Dhubhghaill
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Domhnall Ó Dubhghaill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male