School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (B.), An Gleann (roll number 11307)

Location:
Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Cathasaigh
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  1. 1. What is like mare's hoof? (a horse's hoof.)
    2. Why is the sun like a good loaf? (It is light after rising.)
    3. When is a ship clean? (After leaving the Wash.)
    4. Why is a lazy man like a man in a baker's shop. (He wants a good loaf.)
    5. When would it hurt to have a half-pint of water fall on your hear. (when it was frozen.)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullyleague, Co. Limerick
  2. It is said that there is a horse skin of gold buried in some corner of our meadow. It is said that people went looking for it and when they were digging for some time a bird resembling a duck flew out from the hold they had dug and the men got frightened and went away and no one ever since went looking for it. There was a man in America and before he died he asked if there was any one from Glacha or Glenogragra and that he would make them rich for ever. It is though he knew where it was buried.
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