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School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sr. Celestine Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 169

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  1. Moville Riddles (continued)

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    A. Because she carries a comb.
    Q What is the best thing to put in a sweet cake?
    A. Your teeth.
    Q I have a wee house, and it would not hold a mouse, and there is more windows in it, than in the Queen's Palace.
    A A thimble
    Q What turns without moving?
    A Milk getting sour.
    Q What room is it that you cannot enter?
    A. A Mushroom.
    Kathleen Barr.
    Malin Road,
    Moville.
    These riddles were told by:-
    Mrs. M. McGowan,
    Carnagawe,
    Moville
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Folklore

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    Folklore
    Several miles outside Moville in Co. Donegal there is a little village called Clonmary. In this village there is a church. It was built by Saint Colmcille. On a big stone outside the church the marks of the saint's foot, knee, and two fingers, can still be seen.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moira O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Gonagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooly, Co. Donegal