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School: Corraslira

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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles Heard Locally (continued)

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    32. As I was coming home from rambling
    I saw the dead killing the living.
    A man raking fire with ashes.
    33. As I went out a slobbery gap I met my uncle Daisy,
    I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying aisy.
    A bottle of whiskey.
    34. As I went out an iron gate I met my auntie [?]
    She had timber toes and an iron nose
    But upon my word she would frightened the crows
    A gun.
    35. Whose eye never shed a tear?
    A needle.
    36. What man is always on strike?
    A blacksmith.
    37. As white as milk but milk it isn't,
    As green as grass but grass it isn't,
    As red as blood but blood it isn't
    As black as soot but soot it isn't
    A blackberry.
    38. There it is there and a puss on it.
    A crook.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Thomas Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Paddy Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon