School: Taobh na Cruaiche (roll number 4494)
- Location:
- Teevenacroaghy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: N. Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 283
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- 1:As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman and the other a man.
A Penny
2:Hoppidy-hoppidy on the green grass, riddle me that and I'll give you a glass. Hailstones.
3:All patches, no stitches, riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. A head of cabbage
4: A threepenny loaf and a sheetful of crumbs. The moon and the stars.
5: Marble wall as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieve break through and steal the gold.
An egg.
6: What tree is warm in winter. The fur tree.
7: Long legs, crouched thighs, a small head and no eyes
A thongo
8:Why does a miller wear a white hat. To keep his head warm
9: It is made for you, it is bought for you, you wear it but you never see it. A coffin
10: Long legged father, big stomached mother, three little children like one another. The pot and pot hooks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Marie Mc Greal
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fahburren, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Mc Greal
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Fahburren, Co. Mayo
