School: Na Cloichíní, Carraig Ruacháin (roll number 12676)

Location:
Clogheen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Coisdealbha
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    did he go.
    He went by night.
    Collected by Kathleen Mackey, Clogheen, Blarney Road, Cork.
    A red rose against the wall, if you gave it butter it would laugh, salt it would scream, and if you gave it water it would cry.
    The fire.
    As I was going over Parliment bridge I met a Parliment scholar he took off his hat and drew off his gloves and what was the name of that scholar.
    Andrew.
    Two n n two o o an L and a D put them together and spell them for me.
    London.
    What word of seven letters reads the same backwards as fordwards
    Reviver.
    A room was full of people but yet there was not one single person there.
    They were all married.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mackey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogheen, Co. Cork