School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0057
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- (continued from previous page)and died last night? A Candle.
A head like a timble, a tail like a rat, if you were guessing for ever you would never guess that? A Pipe.
What is deeper than the sea? A tailor's timble.
The queen of Morocca sent the queen Ann a bottomless tub to put flesh and blood in? A Ring.
What is it that occurs twice in a moment once in a minute and never in a thousand years? The letter m.
A hundred sheep went out a gap a hundred more went after that, six and seven, twice eleven, two and three how many in that? Five.
Why is a dog compared to a tree? Because the bark is outside.
A round as a biscuit and as busy as a bee riddle me that and I will give you a cup of tea? A watch what is the hottest bird in the air? A Crane. What part of a cow goes out the gap first? Her breath.Annie Cullen, Nutgrove, Tynagh.
Information got from Thomas Cullen, Nutgrove, Tynagh.
Age 50 years
- Collector
- Annie Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Feebrack or Nutgrove, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Feebrack or Nutgrove, Co. Galway
