School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

Location:
Shronell, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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  1. Liam Dall was supposed to be born blind but the older people said that he was not. He was a hedge schoolmaster on Green's double ditches. One day he was walking on the bound's ditch. He met a man and he said to himself how does he see where he is going. He went along and he met a golden woman and she said why are you blind I'am not said he she shone and shone till he was struck blind. Liam Dall went away and died after three days he is buried in Shronell grave-yard beside his enemy
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Nash
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Edmond Nash
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Tipperary
  2. Q 1. Why does a bull look over a ditch?
    A. Because he can't look under it.
    Q 2. Under a fire and over a fire and never touches it?
    A. Cake in a pot.
    Q 3. Patch upon patch without any stitches?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q 4. As I went out a gap I met a little boy with a red cap and a stone in his belly and a stick in his trousers.
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