School: Sliabh an Mhadra (B.)
- Location:
- Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Mac Énrí
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- These are some of the riddles which I have heard. I have a little house and a mouse could not live in it and all the men in Kerry could not count all the windows in it. Ans A thimble.White bird featherless flew from Paradise and lodged in the top of a high built wall.Ans A snowball.What part of a cow goes out the gap first.Ans Her breathAs round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the men in Kerry could not pull it up.Ans A wellI have a little Kerry cow and she is tied to the wall and she would drink all what what you would give her and ate none at all.Ans A lampSpell broken ditch in three letters Ans A gapA jumper of ditches a shipper of thorns a little brown cow without any hornsAns A hare(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- People around the locality