School: Baile Sluagh (Ballysloe), Gleann Guail, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 573)
- Location:
- Ballysloe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 115
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- Riddles collected by the pupils of Ballysloe SchoolRiddles
I went to the wood and I got it and \i came home because I could not find it.
Answer - a thorn.
In a field there is a house, and in the house there is a room. In the room there is a table. On the table there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must taste.
Answer - Death.
Meg, Meg inside the ditch,
Meg' Meg outside the ditch, and yet never touches the ditch.
Answer - a nettle.
There is a little man above in the field and if you pull his leg his nose will bleed.
Answer - a pump.(continues on next page)
