School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Cnoc Dhoire, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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- I went to the wood and I got it
I sat down to look for it
The more I looked for it, The more I looked for it The more I disliked it
And not being able to find it I came home with it. Answer. A thorn in your foot.
- Collector
- Nan Looney
- Gender
- Female
- Patch upon patch without and stitches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. A cabbage
As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy, timber toes, iron nose upon my word it would frighten the crows. A gun.
The little brown beggar had a brother that went to the sea and got drowned, the little brown beggar had then no other brother, what was the brown beggar to the boy that got drowned. A sister.
As round as a marble as deep as a cup all the men in County Clare could not take it up. A well
As round as a apple as plump(continues on next page)
