School: Cill Tormóir (Kiltormer) (Buachaillí)

Location:
Kiltormer, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Muineacháin
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  1. Riddles
    On Parker's park there walked a deer,
    With silver horns and golden ears,
    He was neither fish, flesh skin nor bone,
    And on Parker's park he walked alone.
    Answer - The sun.
    As I went up the hill of thunder,
    I came down the hill of wonder,
    I met twenty mad bulls tearing the hill asunder.
    Answer - A harrow.
    As black, as black, over the sea telling stories without sinew or blood.
    Answer - A letter.
    What were the first words Adam said to Eve?
    Answer - No one can tell.
    What was it Adam never saw, never had and yet provided two for all his children?
    Answer - Parents.
    What relation is a child to it's father who is not it's father's own son?
    Answer- His daughter.
    What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a hearth rug?
    Answer - One is shaken up and taken and the other is taken up and shaken.
    What is taken from you before you get it?
    Answer - A photograph.
    On what side of a cup is the handle?
    Answer - On the out-side.
    Augustine Lyons, Ardranney, Kiltormer.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Augustine Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardranny More, Co. Galway