School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)

Location:
Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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  1. Riddles
    Q. As I went into a field I met three people they were neighter men, women or children.
    A. Man, woman, and child.
    Q. There is a little man on the top of the hill if you shake his had his nose will bleed.
    A. A pump.
    Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man.
    A. A penny.
    Q. Hoddy, doddy with a round black body and a big flat hat what's that.
    A. A pot.
    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 Madden
    Gender
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