Two Irish Riddles

According to the previously mentioned book, a true riddle is not meant to trick or puzzle, but to offer a fresh view of the world. So, I offer two selections:

"Two brothers we are, great burdens

we bear

In which we are bitter pressed

The truth we do speak, we are full

all the day

And empty when we go to rest."

"Neither fish nor flesh

Nor feathers nor bone

But still has fingers

And thumbs of its own"