School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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    times I have told it. Ans. an
    As white as milk and milk it isn't
    as green as grass and grass it isn't
    as red as blood and blood it isn't
    as black as ink and ink it isn't
    Ans. a black-berry.
    I have a wee house that wouldnt hold a mouse and there is more windows in it than in the kings house. Ans. a thimble.
    What is the shyest piece of furniture in the house. Ans a clock
    What goes up the chimney down and can't come down the chimney up.
    Ans. An umbrella.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edmund Weir
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aught, Co. Donegal