School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)

Location:
Glin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Riddles
    try to avoid?
    Hardship
    23. What is the longest word in the English language?
    Smiles, a mile between two "ss"
    24. Two "nn", two "oo" an "l" and a "d" put them together and spell them for me.
    London
    Nellie Fitzgerald
    The Mall
    Glin
    Co. Limerick
    1. I have a little sister
    she sits on a wall
    she drinks all she gets
    but eats nothing at all
    A lamp
    2. What grows down instead of u?
    A cow's tail.
    3. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A candle
    4. If I built a house from this to Donegal what height would it be?
    The height of nonsense
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Riddles.
    1. I have a little sister
    She sits on a wall
    She drinks all she gets
    But eats nothing at all
    A lamp

    2. What grows down instead of u?
    A cow's tail.

    3. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A candle

    4. If I built a house from this to Donegal what height would it be?
    The height of nonsense
    (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
    Eibhlín Ní Choileáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glin Demesne, Co. Limerick