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School: Ceann Mhálainne

Location:
Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 316

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    5. Old Jennie Juke has but one eye and a very red nose, the longer she sits the shorter she grows.
    Answer. A lighted candle
    6. I have a web of checker it was never wrought or spun, it covers all the world but the water and the sun.
    Answer. The dew
    7. In my father's garden there's a bunch of Holy Anns, nobody can count them but God and His hands.
    Answer. The hairs in your head
    8. I put my foot upon her foot and on her I did jig, with a long switching hairy thing I filled a whirly gig.
    Answer. A woman spinning
    9. I sailed on West and on west sailed he, all sails were full and how can that be?
    Answer. Two ships are named "West" sailing westward
    10. Old Jennie Juke has but one eye and a very long tail, every time she goes out the gap she leaves a piece of her tail in the trap.
    Answer. A needle and thread
    11. Hickey-pickey in this side of the ditch and hickey-pickey in that side of the ditch, if you touch hickey-pickey, hickey-pickey will bit you.
    Answer. A nettle
    12. Eliza, Elizabeth, Betty and Bess went over the river to rob a nest, there were four egs in the nest and every one of them took
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardmalin, Co. Donegal