School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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- Riddles1. As black as ink and ink it isn't,
White as snow and snow it isn't,
Hops on the road like a marble stone
And a marble stone it isn't.
A magpie2. There was once a man of Adam's race
Who had a certain dwelling place
'Twas neither heaven earth or hell,
Pray tell me where did that men dwell?
Jonas in the whale's belly3. The King of Morocco
Sent to Queen Anne
A bottomless vessel
To hold flesh and blood in.
A Ring.4. Little thing little thing
Smaller than a mouse
Yet it has more windows
Than a prince's house
(Thimble)(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kevin Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrabaun, Co. Galway