School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúracha na Trócaire
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  1. A halfpenny wet, and a halfpenny dry, fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny by, a halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before fourpence. Halfpenny and a halfpenny more.
    A shilling.
    As I went up the bohereen, I met my Auntie Noreen, steel toes iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows.
    A gun.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Tady. I cut off his head and left his body easy.
    A head of cabbage.
    As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Uncle Dennis, he was more afraid of a cock and a hen than all the men in Ennis.
    A worm.
    A man with no eyes saw apples on a tree he took no apples off and no apples left he.
    There were two on the tree. The man pulled off one and left one one.
    A fiddler in Galway had a brother a fiddler in Dublin. The fiddler in Dublin had no brother a fiddler in Galway.
    The fiddler in Galway was a girl.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Irene Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway