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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 249

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  1. Folklore - Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    (A cake in an oven)
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Ireland could not pull it up
    (A well)
    Broad day light in the middle of the night two dead men got up to fight two cripples ran for the priest and two dumbies shouted hurry on
    (A lie)
    When it is out it is stiff and stout and when it is in it is easy and when it is down beside the fire it is slobbery wet and greasy.
    (A head of cabbage)
    Two long legs two crooked thighs a head and no eyes
    (A tongs)
    What has an eye and cannot
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo