School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 257
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- (continued from previous page)As I went out a slippery gap I met a man with a red cap, iron toes and a timber wish pon my word he would frighten the crows?
A Gun.
If a man got sixpence for walking a quarter of a mile what would he get if he walked thirty miles?
Sore feet.
If a man fell from a house-top what would he fall against?
His will.
What is cut but never eaten?
A deck of cards.
Two "ns", two "os" and "l" and a "d". put them together and spell them for me?
London.
Under gravel, I do travel, over board I do stand, I rode a mare that never foaled and brought the bridle in my hand?
A ship.
Riddle, Riddle-re.
Though a riddle could not be,
Through an ox, through a knee,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Darragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Morgan Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
