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School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

Location:
Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 314

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    (continued from previous page)
    dancing and laughing.
    Riddles.
    What walks with its head down?
    (A shoe nail)
    My grandfather behind the coffin and a hundred coats on him?
    (A head of cabbage.)
    I went up the boreen and I took with me what I was not looking for.
    (A thorn)
    I went up the road and found a small thing there. It was not a fish nor flesh, blood or bone and I kept it until it walked away.
    (An egg.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. A. Molloy
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Molloy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway