School: Cuilleán

Location:
Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 012

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 012

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Edward Conway
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
  2. It opens like a barn door and shuts like a trap. It is many a thing you would think of before you would think of that?
    Umbrella.
    Black and white and red all over?
    Newspaper.
    What is the different between a teacher and an engine driver?
    One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
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