School: Cromadh (B.)

Location:
Croom, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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    There was a man who had a cow on the points of calving.

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    were under the ruins of a house near the river bank. The man went to where she said and rooted under the stones and found the bones. When he had found them, there was the calf which had been lost and he standing beside him. When he went home his cow had calved safely. The woman was his friend.
    (C. Sheedy 13 ón a athair)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    A dog or a horse which occurs in your dream is a sign of a friend.

    A dog or a horse which occurs in your dream is a sign of a friend. If you dream of your mother it is a sign of a warning but your mother will guard you through the danger.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. Riddle:-
    My back is broke and my belly is thin,
    And I wear my guts outside my skin.
    Ans. A fiddle. (R. O Domhnaill)
    The kitchenful and the room-ful
    and you cannot catch a spoonful
    Ans. Smoke (R.O.D).
    All over, like the fair of Glinn [Tiob. ??.]
    All over, like the fair of Drummen (Croom)
    Sayings heard in the places indicated, to convey the final overthrow of an individual or an undertakinmg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    R. O Domhnaill
    Gender
    Male