School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (C.), Malla (roll number 12016)
- Location:
- Lios Cearúill, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 238
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- Riddles.As I was going up Shandon Steeple I met death and life in it. I caught one and seven went free. Riddle me that and who will I be Answer. A nest of swallows in a skull.
What is the best way to save your soles.
Answer. Is to walk on your heels.
What is the difference between two and two and twice two. Answer. One is addition, and the other is multiplication.
What goes all over the world with its head downwards. Answer. The nails of your boots.
There is a little sister living in the hall and every time you would touch her she would roar and ball. Answer. A bell in a hall.
How would you make a tall man short. Answer. When you would ask him for money.
As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy. Answer. A head of cabbage.
What does a lady look for but never wishes to find. Answer. A hole in her stocking.
It is black and white and read all over.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Howe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Leaca Rua, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- William Howe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Leaca Rua, Co. Chorcaí
