School: Moher
- Location:
- Moher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: J. Wilson
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- Riddles
1. Forty sheep went through a gap
Forty more went after that.
Six, seven, ten, eleven, two , three,
how much is that
Answer = Five.2. What goes up and down and up and down and neither touches sky or ground?
Answer = A latch of a door3. As I went up to Dublin
I saw an awful wonder
Two or three wild geese
Pulling wool a sunder
Answer = A man harrowing4. As I went through a guttery gap
I met my uncle David
But off his head and sucked his blood
And left his body easy
Answer = A bottle of whiskey5. What goes round and round the house
and sleeps in the corner at night?
Answer = A twig- Collector
- Nora Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Miss Julia Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardan, Co. Cavan