School: Manulla (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Manulla, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 332
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- Here are some of the riddles of our district.
Red rogue of the world in three letters, fox
A riddle, a riddle, a farmers fiddle alive in to ends and dead in the middle. A plough.
Patch upon patch without any stitches tell me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches. A head of cabbage.
What part of a cow goes over the fence first. The breach.
Little Nannie Eddicoat had a long petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows. A candle. If a man crossed the Atlantic mine times with twenty patches on his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Manulla, Co. Mayo
