1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)

School: Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)

Location:
Neale, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Domhnaill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 205

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 205

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)
  2. XML Page 205
  3. XML “Tomhaiseanna”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Tomhaiseanna (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    An rud a cuireas an duine uasal ina phocha
    Caitheann an duine bocht uaidh é
    - Smugairle
    Siú amach é, siúd isteach é
    Siud air a mbac é 's cos as
    -Píopa
    Girrfiadh beag Franncach
    'Se é damsa air a leath-chois.
    -Dosán raithnigh.
    Chuaidh beadh triúr go bruacha locha léin
    D'ith a' biadh an triur 's tháinic sé féin.
    -Iolra thug cat chuig a nead agus d'ith an cat na héanacha.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Julia Davern
    Other names
    Julia Davern
    Siubhán Ní Dobhraoin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peggy Davoren
    Other names
    Peggy Davoren
    Peigí Bn Uí Dobhraoin
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    96
    Address
    Caherduff, Co. Mayo