School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)
- Location:
- Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)Riddle Riddle re has an eye and cannot see.
Ans. A needle.
- Riddles
Black am I, and much admired, men and horses I have tired, gold and silver I have made, and on the dung pit, I am laid.
Ans. A sod of turf
The queen of Morocco she wrote to the King, for a bottomless vessel to put flesh and blood in.
Ans. A ring
A wee wee thing smaller than a mouse it has more windows than on King George’s house. Ans. A thimble
A man went over the bridge of Athlone with no pieces on his trousers and what time was it. Ans. Time for him to get another.
As white as a lily as red as a rose the longer it lives the shorter it grows. Ans. A candle(continues on next page) - Collector
- Olive Raftery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloverhill, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr J. Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
