School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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- 1. Hairy in, hairy out, hairy into wolly's mouth.
Ans. A cat eating a mouse.
2. There was a big river running down, and there was a stack of oats at the western side of it. An ass wanted to cross to it. He could not jump it. He could not walk it. And he could not swim it. How did he cross.
Ans. He gave it up.
3. It is as round as a bowel. It is as white as a towel. It is every-one's and no one can eat it.
Ans. A woman's diddy.
4. It is red. It is yellow. It is sparable green. The king can't come at it nor either the queen?
Ans. A rainbow.
- Collector
- William Hunt
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- William Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilmorna, Co. Kerry
