School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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    There is a little house and a mouse would not fit in it, and I saw a man with a fire within in it.
    A pipe.
    What never was or never will be.
    A mouses nest in a cats ear.
    Two "n" two "o" an L and a D, put them together and spell them for me.
    London.
    I went up the road, and down the road, and I carried the road in my back.
    A ladder.
    Why is a white hen not cleverer than a black hen.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádruig Ó Níalláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moheramoylan, Co. Clare