School: Radharc na Sionainne, Lios Uí Chathasaigh (roll number 10741)
- Location:
- Furroor, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Seasnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0606, Page 372
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- Riddle me riddle me see, such a riddle could'nt be through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through basin full of peppers, through an old cows udder, through a horses shin bone, riddle me that and I'll leave you alone.
(Thunder and lightning)
As I was going out a slippery gap I met my uncle Denis he is more afraid of a cock or hen than all the men in Ennis.
(A worm)
Tis black and 'tis white and 'tis read all over. (A newspaper).
Which is the white goose or they grey goose the gander.
(None of them).
As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the men in the army could'nt take it up. (A well)
What is it that is brought to the table and cut but never eaten. (A pack of cards).
A black sheep with a white fleece (A cake of bread in a griddle)
Over water + under water and the water cant touch it (A duck having an egg) Fire over it and fire under it and the fire cant touch it (A cake of bread in a griddle).
- Collector
- Peig Ní Chonmhaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Furroor, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Nóra Ní Chonmhaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Furroor, Co. Clare
