School: Slievardagh (B.), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 11470)
- Location:
- Commons, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 335
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles Cont'd
Q: You see it come in on the shoulders of men And like a silken robe it leaves us again?
A: Smoke up the chimney
Q: A bottomless tub
Shaped like a hive
Full of good flesh
And that quite alive
A: A tailor's thimble
Q: Come riddle, come, rot, rot, rot
A wee little man with a wee red coat
A stick in his hand a stone in his throat
Come riddle, come rot, rot, rot
A: A Cherry
Q: As I walked through a garden of wheat
Got nice food which I could eat
This was neither flesh fish nor meat
What was this treat
A An Egg(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
