School: Gort na Gamhna, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 4000)

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Gortnagowna, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Fógartaig
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    As black as ink, as white a milk hops on the ground like hailstones. A magpie
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first. Her breath.
    As round an apple as deep as a cup and all the king's horses wouldn't pull it up. A well
    What's too short and if you cut a bit off it will be long enough.
    A grave
    As I went up the hill in wonder I saw twenty-four blackbirds tearing the hill asunder. A harrow
    Ink ank under a bank ten drawing four. A woman milking a cow.
    What goes in black and white and comes out red (read) read all over. A newspaper
    Why does a hen pick the pot.
    Becuase she couldn't lick it.
    Why is a dead man compared to a narrow boteen. Because he has no breath in him.
    Michael Loughman,
    CommaunMoore, Templederry,
    November 8th and 10th 1937
    Told by Mrs Kate Shanahan
    Commaunmoore, Templederry,
    Thurles. Co. Tipp
    Age 76 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Loughman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Commaun More, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Shanahan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Commaun More, Co. Tipperary