As I went over Corny hill, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
| ITMA Reference | 55169 |
| Creator | Butcher, Eddie, speech in English |
| Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
| Date | November 1964 |
| Location | Eddie Butcher’s house, Aughil, Magilligan, Co Derry |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 12 sec.) : digital, stereo |
| Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
| Subject | Ireland: Speech in English |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
| Source | 2190-ITMA-REEL [HS 6106] |
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As I went over Corny Hill
Corny Hill was creaking
I spied four and twenty wee things
All coming naked
They were ricket, they were ticket
They were all yellow-backit
And the hindmost was foremost
And they were all stone blind.
Riddle Answers here
A common Ulster riddle I first heard from my grandfather and have noted in Derry, Antrim, and Belfast. See “Carnearney hill” in this collection for an Antrim version.
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