School: Mount Town (roll number 15606)
- Location:
- Cnoc an Dailtín, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Annie Brennan
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- (continued from previous page)Riddles
1 As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up.
"A Well"
2 Up Chip-Cherry, down chip-Cherry, all the men in Derry would not climb chirp-Cherry.
"The Smoke"
3 One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging.
"A Dog with his Head in a pot
4 Round the wood, round the wood and never gets into the wood
"The Bark of the Tree"
5 Round the house, round the house and stands at the back door.
"The Brush"(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cúil le Móinín, Co. Shligigh
