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School: Cros Riabhach

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Crossreagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Siordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 356

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    1) In yonder meadow is a plank and it is neither ash, elm, oak or deal: What is it
    Ice
    2) What goes round and round the wood but never unto the wood?
    The bark of a tree
    3) What part of a cow goes over the hill first?
    Her breath
    4) There is an old hag in the corner:
    Give her hay: give her straw and she will eat it:
    Give her (?) and she will fly
    Give her water and she will die?
    The fire
    5) What walks with its head down?
    A nail ni a brogue
    6) What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in a corner near the fire?
    The beesum
    7) Cut a piece off and make it longer
    A grave
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phil Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossbane, Co. Cavan