School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)
- Location:
- Killinaboy, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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- If a man had ten sons, and each son had a sister, how many children would he have?
(Eleven)
Have you ever seen a deer with horns?
(No with your eyes you have seen him)
If a man got sixpence for walking a mile what would he get for walking thirty miles?
(Sore feet)
Why is a shoe maker like a dying man?
(Because he lays down “awl,” he nears his end, and prepares the sole for the last.)
If I lost a shilling and suddenly found it what would I do?
(Give up looking for it)
What flies with four wings? (Two birds)
Collected by: - Máirtín Ó Grádaigh, Nooan.
Told by: - (Miss) Mary Kate O Grady, Nooan, (his aunt.)
(60 years) - Brown am I and well admired and many a horse I have tired. I tire a horse, I worry a man, riddle me that if you can.
(A saddle)
The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it? (A coffin)
Collected by: - Áine Nigh Mhathúna, Ballycashen,
Told by: - Patrick Mc Mahon Ballycashen,(her father.)
(58 years)- Collector
- Áine Nic Mhathúna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Mahon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballycasheen, Co. Clare