School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Kilbolane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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- The man that made it did not want it & the man that wanted it never saw it? = A coffin.
Why is paper compared to a sneeze? = Because it is "tissue".
"Up the hill of murder, down the hill of thunder, twenty four little devils tearing the world asunder" = A harrow.
What grows larger the more you take from it? = A grave.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup & all the men in the world could not take it up = A well. - "White and black and read all over" ? = A newspaper.
"How is it that you are my father & that I am not your son"? said the child to the father? = The child was his daughter.
The man who bought it did not use it & the man who used it did not see it? = A coffin.
As black as ink & ink it is not and as white as snow & snow it is not - it hops on the road like hailstones ? = A magpie. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Michael Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doony, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Doony, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Patrick Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Doony, Co. Cork