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School: St Patrick's, Ballyfarnon (roll number 13978)

Location:
Ballyfarnon, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Mark Hanly Thos. Feeny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 171

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  1. Story (continued)

    “Once upon a time two men were going to a game of cards.”

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    Told by
    Patrick Cullen (48) Farmer
    Greaghnageera
    Ballyfarnon
    Boyle
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Riddles

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    A roomful and could not get a spoonful.
    Smoke.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry could not lift it up.
    A well.
    What stands all day with its finger in its eye.
    A crook.
    What gets wet through drying.
    A towel.
    Round the wood and round the wood and never enters the wood.
    The bark of a tree.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Donaugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacroy, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Donaugh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kilmacroy, Co. Roscommon