School: An Clochar, Baile Mhic Ealgóid, Tráighlí

Location:
Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Conchobhair
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    I make more use of it than you.
    Your name
    7. I have a little sister with a red nose. The longer she lives the shorter she goes.
    A Candle
    8. I saw apples up on a tree. I took no apples. I left no apples. How can that be?
    I took one and left one-
    9. Green grass cut and shaved. Spell me that in three letters.
    Hay
    10. It is red, it is yellow, it is purple and the King can't come at it or either the Queen.
    The Rainbow
    11. What has eyes and cannot see.
    A potatoe.
    12. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan half a woman half a man.
    A penny
    13. What turns but never moves
    Milk.
    14. What is always behind time
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glanageenty, Co. Kerry