School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Tady. I cut off his head and left his body easy?
    (A head of cabbage)
    Black and white and “read” all over?
    (A Newspaper)
    Genny red petty coat, Genny red nose, the longer she lives, the shorter she grows.
    (A candle)
    A little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town could not count how many windows in it.
    (A thimble)
    Long legs crooked thighs a little head and no eyes.
    (A tongs)

    Collected by: - Máire Ní Nialláin, Roughan
    Told by :- Edward Neylon, Roughan (her father)
    (52 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. I you, went up a hill on a gooses back where would you get down?
    (Under her wings)
    Why does a hen pick the pot?
    (Because she cannot lick it)
    A stamp of suet to a tree’s root and not a bone going through it.
    (A snail)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seósamh Ó Coileáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nooan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Callinan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossard, Co. Clare