School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 12_008

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    Inside the house outside the house and it is inside the house after.
    The window.
    Which is the white goose or the grey goose the gander.
    Neither.
    I met a little boy on the road and he had no shoes and i went into a fruit shop and bought him a pair.
    A kind of fruit.
    Hill full and hollow full and can not shovel ful.
    The fog.
    When you fall into the sea what is the first thing will happen you.
    Get wet.
    Over gravel I do travel over boat i do stand i rode a mare that never foaled and carried the bridle in my hand
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortaveha, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Knocknahannee, Co. Clare