School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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  1. What goes round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
    The sun.
    What goes away between two waters. A man fetching water in a pail.
    One half dead the other half living and a tail wagging. A dog with its head in a pot.
    Patch upon Patch,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal