School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 312

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  1. I have a little cow she is tied to a wall, she would eat all the hay from here to Donegal.
    Answer, "A Fire".
    A useless, useless instrument from once it is bought is never lent he who buys it is not his own and he who wears it brings him home?
    Answer. A Coffin
    What bears and never blossoms
    Answer A crook
    King Maroca built a ship and in it there is a table and in there is a drawer and in the drawer there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup and everyone must taste it
    Answer a death
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael O' Hara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Paddy Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim