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400 WEST HIGHLAND TALES.
20.
A "black cock is in yonder town,
Feather black, feather brown.
Feathers twelve in tlie point of his Aving,
And more than threescore (thirsts) in his back.
A bottle of wdiisky. — The pun is on " ite," a feather
— or thirst.
Coileach dubli 's a' bhail' ud thall,
Ite dhubh is ite dhonn
Da ite dheug am biirr a sgeith
'S corr is tri fichead 'na dhrioni.
Botall uisge bheatha.
21.
Guess-guess, whelp, son of the son of guessing.
Twelve chains in the very middle.
Four ties, guess-guess.
A team of horses.
Tomh tomb a cbuilean 'ic 'ic Tbomh
Da shlabbraidli dheug 'san teis meadhoin
Ceithir cheangbail tomb tomh.
An t-seisreacb.
(Seisreach means, literally, a team of six horses ; and this seems
to be the sense of the puzzle.)
22.
A little bit cogie in yonder wood.
Its mouth below, and it spills no drop.
A cow's udder.
Miodaran beag 's a choill ud thall,
'S a bheul foidhe, 's cha doirt e deiir.
Uth na boine.