School: Cnoc na Sná (B.), Mainistir na Féile (roll number 12368)

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Knocknasna, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Conchobhair
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    33. I have a little house and a mouse couldn't live in it,
    and all the men of Kerry couldn't count the windows in it.
    A thimble.
    34. What is the smallest room in the world A mushroom
    35 I see some sheep that are white, white, white
    I see a horn that is (white white) bright, bright,
    I see a field that is blue, blue, blue,
    bright
    and what I can tell is true, true, true,
    The clouds, A new moon, And the, sky.
    36. Ink. Ank, under a bank
    Ten drawing four.
    A Person milking a cow.
    37. Long legs, crooked thighs
    Small head and no eyes.
    A tongs.
    38. Bigger, no doubt of it
    The more you take out of it
    A hole in the wall.
    39. Under water long I lay.
    I wasn't drowned or cast away,
    By experience I can tell
    Water made my belly swell.
    A Fish.
    40 What has a neck, a body and nothing else.
    A Bottle
    (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
    William O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry