School: Mulrankin
- Location:
- Maol Rancáin, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Broin
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- RiddlesWhat does your mother look for but never likes to find?
A hole in your stocking.What keeps on going yet always remains in the same place?
A Clock.Why does a cow jump over a ditch?
Because he cant jump under it.Which burns longer a candle or a match?
Neither, they both burn shorter.What is it that the more you cut off the longer it will get?
A GraveWhat turns without moving?
The road.(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maol Rancáin, Co. Loch Garman
- Informant
- Willie Kendrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50