School: Eaglais

Location:
Burren, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S. Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 097

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 097

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  3. XML “Sound of Bugles and Horses”
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  1. One bright night two men were coming from a house where they had been card-playing. It was about 12 oclock at night. The night was fine and very bright. They had to pass by a lake. When they were about 10 yards off home they heard the noise of bugles and horses coming behind them. As they came along to another lonely place they saw people dancing and playing in a field. They both were afraid so they never spoke to each other until they were eight yards from their homes. So these two men were never out late card-playing again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Rough and hairy in the skin. Two things shacking and one going in
    (Ans a pig eating)
    Twenty sick sheep went in a gap one died and how many came out.
    (Ans 19)
    There is a cure in a fox's tongue, for a thorn?
    There is a cure in mountain sedge for a cough
    it is to be boiled and to drink the jiuce.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighidh Dé Róiste
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Roache
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Sheeans, Co. Mayo