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School: Gleann Iascaigh (roll number 16363)

Location:
Bellafarney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0630

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    17 Who is the shoemaker that makes shoes without leather,
    All the four elements put together,
    Fire, water, earth and air,
    And every customer takes two pairs.
    (A Blacksmith)
    18. I went to the wood and I got it,
    I sat down and I looked for it,
    I brought it home because I couldn't get it.
    (A thorn in my foot.)
    19 In a garden was laid a fair maid on a bright dewy morn,
    On the first day of her life she became a man's wife, and she died before she was born.
    (Eve.)
    20 As old as Adam and still alive,
    Four weeks old and never saw five.
    (The Moon.)
    21. As I was going to London I saw a great wonder.
    Four and twenty wild-oats tearing the ground asunder.
    (A Farmer harrowing)
    22. How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog.
    (Two)
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    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
    Eileen Boland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Evelyn Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Francis Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Henry Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Mary Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Bartly Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Boland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Tiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Pat Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Pat Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Gleneasky, Co. Sligo