School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)

Location:
Rossmore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Michéal Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0307, Page 031

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    my Auntie Mary. She had timber toes and iron nose and I thought she was a fairy. - A plough
    4.
    Opens like a barn door, shuts like a trap you may guess a hundred things but you could'nt guess that. - A mouth.
    5.
    What goes round the world and round the world and stops at the bed. - Sickness
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 1. Hairy all over and rough in the skin, two things shaking, and one going in. - A sow eating food.
    2. Up the boreen, and down the boreen, and carries the boreen on his back. - A ladder
    3. Who are the lightest Irish-men. - Cork men.
    4. Head like a thimble, tail like a rat,
    (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
    Julia Carey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmeen, Co. Cork