School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 15334)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr Celestín
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    living man eat it he would die.
    Nothing.
    26. What coloured letters do we eat
    Green peas.
    27. What goes round the world in the (corner) one corner.
    A stamp on a letter.
    28. A lazy old woman, a hard working man twelve little children as flat as a pan.
    A Clock
    29. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of britches.
    A head of cabbage.
    30. The flowers of Africa, the flowers of Spain, all mixed up with a shower of rain, put in a sugar tied with a string riddle me that and I'll give you a ring.
    A pudding.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máighréad Ní Mheachair
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballintaggart, Co. Tipperary