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School: Cinn Mhara (B)

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Maoldúin
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    11. What has a face and no head.
    A clock
    12. What has a head and no face.
    A match
    13. What has two hands and cannot feel.
    A clock
    14. Four bottles above on a hill their tops turned and they can never spill.
    A cows tits.
    15. Four stick standers four belly banders two hooks two crooks and a wig-wag.
    A cow.
    16. Riddle me riddle me andy o my father gave me seeds to sow the seed were black and the ground was white riddle
    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
    Máirtín Ó Caomhanach
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Máirtín Ó Caomhanach
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh, Co. Galway