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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 276

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Tomhaiseanna

What room can’t you walk into?
(A mushroom)
Why is an umbrella like fat?
(Because it is dripping)
What nation does a criminal dread?
(Condemnation)
What is mostly watched at night?
(The Fire)
Tá rud sa cuimhne agus dhá céad súil air. Cad é?
(Anbhruith)


Collected by: - Tréasa Nic Aodha. Carhunamodra.
Told by: - James Roche (her grandfather)
Carhunamodra
(73 years)

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Collector
Tréasa Nic Aodha
Gender
female
Address
Carrownamaddra, Co. Clare
Informant
James Roche
Relation
grandparent
Gender
male
Age
73
Address
Carrownamaddra, Co. Clare
Language
mixed

Tomhaiseanna

Mrs Witch, she has one eye and a big long tail that she lets fly and every time she goes over the gap she leaves a piece of her tail in the trap?
(A needle and thread)

Collected by: - Nóra Ní Chasadaigh, Ballycashen.
Told by: - Thomas Cassidy, Ballycashen (her father)
(60 years)

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