School: Rathnew
- Location:
- Ráth Naoi, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: D. Ó Drisceóil
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- The following riddles were told to me by my father, John Doran Rathnew
What goes up when the rain comes down
An umbrella
What has an eye and cannot see
a needle
What is the shyest thing in the world
A clock because he hides his face.
Deep it is, dark it is, green upon it's bank's it is, fit for anyone it is.
A grave.
In what place will you get patience best.
In a hospital (patients.)
What goes round the wood, and round the wood and yet it never goes into the wood.
Bark of a tree
What is the noisiest thing in the world
A candle because it wakes the dead.
What fruit appears on every penny
A date
- Collector
- Sean Doran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ráth Naoi, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Informant
- John Doran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Naoi, Co. Chill Mhantáin
