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Moher, Co. Cavan
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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 door
    3. As I went up to Dublin
    I saw an awful wonder
    Two or three wild geese
    Pulling wool a sunder
    Answer = A man harrowing
    4. 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 whiskey
    5. What goes round and round the house
    and sleeps in the corner at night?
    Answer = A twig
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss Julia Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardan, Co. Cavan