Scoil: Munterneese (uimhir rolla 13724)

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1. Riddles

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Written down by James O'Neill, Drimgorman, Inver.
   14 years. v11 Srd.
   from his father. Farmer. 46 years. Resident.
   1 How many points does a well pointed "scollop" want?
   None.
   2 What goes round the wood and round the wood, and cannot get into the wood?
   A hoop round a tub.
   3 One half dead, and the other half living, and a tail wagging?
   A dog with his head in a pot.
   4 Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of "britches"?
   A cabbage.
   5 What is full and can hold more?
   A pot of potatoes.
   6 When is a cow the roundest?
   When she is cut up and salted in a tub.
   7 Hairy all over and rough in the skin. Two things wagging, and one going in?
   A pig hoking.
   8 What flies high, and flies low, and eats grass and never mows it?
   A goose.
   9 What hangs and bears and never blossoms?
   A crook. (over a hearth fire).

   

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   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   James O' Neill

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   14

   Seoladh

   Drumgorman, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Faisnéiseoir

   O' Neill

   Gaol

   Tuismitheoir

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   46

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)