School: Inishcaltra
- Location:
- Cappaduff, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Loingsigh
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- Head like a timble tail like a rat, you can guess for ever but you will not guess that. = A pipe. The older it gets the shorter it gets. = A candle..
Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes. = A tongs.
What goes up a ladder with its head down. = A nail in your boot. What has a tongue and never speaks. = A boot. I have a little cow she sits on the wall, she drinks all I give her, and eat none at all. = A lamp. Hard working father, wee lazy mother, twelve little childre all like one another. = A clock. Middy noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat. = A pot. Why does(continues on next page)- Collector
- Frank Kenneally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountshannon, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Kenneally Esq.
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountshannon, Co. Clare