School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

Location:
Freemount, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 016

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 016

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  1. XML School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc
  2. XML Page 016
  3. XML “A Funny Story”
  4. XML “A Collection of Riddles”

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  1. 1) People see me in the schools,
    I am red, blue and black,
    I am no good for work
    Except that I am wet
    (A Pen)
    2) A long slender man with one eye in the night and he has only one leg always
    (A street lamp)
    3) I am a messenger from house to house and I do be always out at night time
    (A path)
    4) I see it and you do not
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Nunan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    David Nunan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnascregga, Co. Cork