School: Crannach, Inis
- Location:
- Cranny, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Maolchaoin
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- (continued from previous page)A A fiddle.Q As round as a marble has teeth like a cat you'll guess and you'll guess but you'll never guess that
A A brierQ Why is a dying man like a window
A Because he's full of painsQ Why is a shoe-makers shop like hell
A Because it is full of black soles.Q Under the fire and over the fire and it never touches the fire.
A A loaf of bread in an oven.Q Where was moses when the light went out
A in the darknessQ The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it
A A coffinQ What is full and holds more.
A A pot of potatoesQ A steel horse with a furry tail
A A needle and woolen threadQ The more you take from it, the larger it grows.
A A hole in your clothes.Q Riddle me, riddle me randio my father gave me some seeds to sow the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cross More, Co. Clare