School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 350
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- (continued from previous page)18 What goes round the wood and yet never enters the wood - (an echo)
19. Patches, upon patches without any stiches riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches - (a head of cabbage)
20. As I went out a gap, I met a horse with traces, pins and needles stuck on her back and she off for the Galway races (a hedgehog.)
- 1. Tagann sé isteach ar guaillinibh na daoine agus téigheann sé amach chomh min le síoda = (Dwatac)
2. How many bills does a hen leave on the ground when she is picking (One bill)
2. What gets wet with drying (A towel)
4. On yonder hill he lives alone with silver horns shining clear he's neither fish, flesh, feather or bone on yonder hill he lies alone. (A snail)
5. why does a hen cross the road (To get to the other side)(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maighréad Ní Coitile
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs M. Cottle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
