School: Coradh Chaitlín (C.)
- Location:
- Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Mhic Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0598, Page 392
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Paradise ,and perched on a beautiful tree.The Lords landless took it handless
and it landed in its own country.(Snow)
As,I was going to Saint Ives,I met a man with seven wives .Each wife had seven sacks.Each sack had seven cats.Each cat had seven kitts .Kitts ,cats,sacks, and wives ,how many were going to Saint Ives.(There were only only one .
That was the man he only met the rest)
There is a meadow ,there is a river in the middle of it .There is a girl in a boat with a red petticoat (eve).You tell me her name and I would be very much obliged .I told you her name in the middle of the riddle (Eve)(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr J. Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
