School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 209

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    In a field in Cloonboney there was a well and it was closed to prevent neighbours from carrying water from it. It was closed one evening and the next morning another well had sprung up about six perch from where the well was. It was about twice as big as the former one and it is always flowing over with water the hottest day in Summer.
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  2. Q: It will be bigger, no doubt of it, the more you take out of it
    A: A hole
    Q: Through the wood and through the wood and their heads down
    A: Nails in a man's boot
    Q: What wears boots and has none?
    A: A football
    Q: How many wells will make a river
    (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
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim