School: Eaglais an Chlocháin
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Foghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 001
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- My father told me those riddles. Long legs short thighs little hand and no eyes. (A tongs) A houseful a roomful and still cannot get a spoonful. (Smoke) Jimmy inside the wall Jimmy outside the wall if you go near Jimmy he will bite you. (a nettle)
Hairy in and hairy out hairy into hairy's mouth. (Putting your leg into a sock)
Black and white and read all over. (A newspaper)
As black as soot and as a white as snow and hops on the ground like hailstones. (a Magpie)
As i went out a slippery sloppery gap I met my Uncle Davy he had an iron nose and timber toes and upon my word he would frighten the crows. (A gun)
How is it a dog's tail is compared to the heart of a tree. (Because it is farthest away from the bark)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pauline Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfadda, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Edward Whyte
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Kilfadda, Co. Tipperary
