School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

Location:
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    As I went out on yonder gap
    I met Mr Rusticap
    Pins and needles on his back
    And also thorns fair.
    A hedgehog.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. What is the word pronounced wrong by all Irish people.
    Wrong.
    There was a man who had no eyes
    He went out one night to view the skies
    He saw a tree with apples on
    He pulled no apples off or he left no apples on.
    He had one eye. There were two apples on the tree one of which he pulled.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curragha, Co. Leitrim