School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)
- Location:
- Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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- I propose to give the best riddles in my opinion, from a number of copies. The samples given will show the quality contained in the copies.
1. As I was in London, I saw a great wonder, three pots boiling and no fire under? Solution: Three wells boiling.
2. It's deep & its damp, and it's green when the bank, and it's fit for a lord, or a lady? Solution: a grave.
3. Four legs up, & four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round? Sol. a bed.
4. What's full, & holds more? Sol. A pot of potatoes when you pour water in.
5. A leaper of ditches, a cutter of corn, a tight little fellow, with two leather horns? Sol. A hare.
6. A black scalloped "housing," a red painted floor, one tapping inside, and outside the door? Sol. A person raising the latch of a door.
7. How many feet has forty sheep, the shepherd, and his dog? Sol. Two feet.
8. As I was going to Illinois, I met seven men and their seven wives, and on each man's back there was a sack and in(continues on next page)- Collector
- John James Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corvoderry, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Mc Loughlin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Corvoderry, Co. Mayo