School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 128
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- 1. Riddle me, Riddle me, what is that over the head, and under the hat.
Ans. The hair on a person's head.
2. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes.
Ans. A Tongs.
3. The man who made it never wore it, and the man who wore it, never saw it.
Ans. A Habit.
4. His back is bare, and his face is thin, and he wears his guts outside his skin.
Ans. A Fiddle.
5. What is it that never comes.
Ans. To morrow.
6. What is it that when going up a ladder their heads are turned down.
Ans. The nails of your shoes.
7. Four little bottles on top of a hill, their mouths are turned down, and they never spill.
Ans. A cow's paps.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeremiah Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Oide
- Informant
- William Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
