Riddles

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Riddles  [duchas:4712807]

Comh h-ard le balla, chomh bán le bainne chomh dearg le fuil comh milis le mhil
			Ubhall

Dá cois ar talamh, agus trí cos in-áirde
Ceann an duine beo i mbeál an duine mairb
	Pota ar ceann duine  

A man from Manchester send home to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold dry meat
				A Ring

Through rocks through seals through an old spinning wheel through a basin of peper through a sheeps old fetter through a horses shin bone such a riddle was never known
				A Shot

In a field there is a house and in the house there is a dresser and in the dresser there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup and every one must taste it
				Death