School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. I have a little Kerry cow lying by the wall
    She would eat all she’d get and drink none at all?
    (A fire)
    Jenny white petticoat she has a red nose
    The longer she lives the shorter she grows?
    (A candle)
    Within and abroad and under the roof of the house?
    (A window)
    What is it that has four legs and one foot?
    (A bed)
    What is it the more you take the more you leave behind? (Your footsteps)

    Collected by: - Mícheál Ó Cuillináin, Rinamona.
    Told by: - Martin Cullinan, Rinamona, (his father.)
    (58 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. I went to the wood and I got it. I sat down and I saw and against my will I brought it?
    (A thorn in my foot)
    Collected by: - Máire Ní Mharanáin, Clooncouse
    Told by: - John Marrinan Clooncouse her father
    (54 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mharanáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncoose, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Marrinan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Clooncoose, Co. Clare