School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)
- Location:
- Ardagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Anraoi Musgrave
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- (continued from previous page)eat,
’Twas neither fish, flesh, feather or bone.
Riddle me that and leave me alone.
Ans: An egg.Ready in the morning,
I drank at a spring.
Round was the cup,
And gold was the ring.
Through iron bars,
And cold stone walls.
If you riddle me that,
I am condemned.
Ans: A drink from his mother’s breast through the iron bars.As I went out my gable window
I saw the dead carrying the live.
Ans: A train.Bessey inside the ditch,
Bessey outside the ditch,
And if you touch Bessey,
She will pinch you.
Ans: A nettle.- Informant
- John Mullins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farranatlaba, Co. Limerick