School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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  1. Riddles
    Black as ink and ink it tisent, white as milk and milk it tisent, it hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it tisent.
    A magpie.
    An old red cow lying beside the wall she eats all she gets and drinks non atall.
    A fire.
    Ribble mo riddle mo ref-a-ri. I saw what you didn't see, a white horse tied to the trunk of a tree, made for man and made for me.
    A coffin.
    Old mother witch has only one eye. She has a long tail and sometimes she lets fly and every
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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
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo