School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. What room can’t you walk into?
    (A mushroom)
    Why is an umbrella like fat?
    (Because it is dripping)
    What nation does a criminal dread?
    (Condemnation)
    What is mostly watched at night?
    (The Fire)
    Tá rud sa cuimhne agus dhá céad súil air. Cad é?
    (Anbhruith)

    Collected by: - Tréasa Nic Aodha. Carhunamodra.
    Told by: - James Roche (her grandfather)
    Carhunamodra
    (73 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tréasa Nic Aodha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownamaddra, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Roche
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Carrownamaddra, Co. Clare
  2. Mrs Witch, she has one eye and a big long tail that she lets fly and every time she goes over the gap she leaves a piece of her tail in the trap?
    (A needle and thread)
    Collected by: - Nóra Ní Chasadaigh, Ballycashen.
    Told by: - Thomas Cassidy, Ballycashen (her father)
    (60 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.