School: Creagán Buí, Cora Finne

Location:
Craggaunboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Consaidín
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  1. Where did the first cock crow that all in the world heard him?
    In Noe's ark.
    Where was the the first candle lit? -
    In the wick.
    How many wells would make a river?
    One if it was big enough.
    Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more followed them, a shepherd and his dog followed that, how many feet went out the gap?
    Two.
    A man from Ulster sent to his a bottomless vessel to put her flesh into it? - A ring.
    There were four corners in a room and opposite every corner sat a cat and and opposite every cat sat a cat and opposite every cat's tail sat a cat, how many cats is that? - Four.
    In a garden was laid a beautiful maid, she was as sweet as the flowers of the morning, at the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moanreel North, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cullenagh, Co. Clare