School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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- (continued from previous page)France. They were credited with banishing evil spirits from Rathmore House (where Colonel Cronin lived) and district.
- (a) As I went to London I saw a great wonder, - two pots boiling and no fire under.?
Answer :- ( Two pots of lime)
(b) The more you take from it the bigger it gets?
Answer :- (A hole)
(c) What goes between two woods and comes home between two water?
Answer :- (A woman bringing water in pails).
(d) Cork and Kerry, Londonderry, spell me that without a "K"?
Answer :- (That)
(e) What is full and holds more?
Answer :- ( A pot of potatoes when water is put in)
(f) As I was running a thing I found, and for to find it I searched around, If I could find it, I would throw it away, and as I could not find it I kept it all day".
Answer :- (A thorn in the foot)(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mary Cahalane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
