School: Doire Leathan, Grange (roll number 14843)
- Location:
- Derrylehan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 378
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Pot and pot-hooks
I knew a little horse with his back to the wall and he would eat all the fodder from here to Doneygal.
A Fire
Chip, Chip cherry, all the men in Derry, would not climb up chip, chip cherry.
Smoke
As round as a ball, as deep as a cup. And a hundred men could not lift it up.
A well
A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire
A birdcage
Through the wood and through the wood, leaving a rag on every bush.
Snow
Black we are but much admired,
Men seek for us until they tired,
We tire horse but comfort man,
Tell me this riddle if you can.
Turf
Two legs sitting on three legs and a leg in his lap, in comes four legs and takes away one leg, up gets two legs, fires three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Nic Ghiolla Mhártain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumfad, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Brigid Mc Garraghy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathfrask, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Maura Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcat, Co. Sligo
