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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 285

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  1. Tomhaiseanna (continued)

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    his back you may guess for ever but you could not guess that
    (A haw)

    Collected by: - Seóirse Riain Crossard
    Told by: - George Ryan (senior) Crossard.
    (55 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Tomhaiseanna

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    Why is a grasshopper like a jumper?
    (Because they are both jumpers.)
    If you broke one of the ten commandments what would happen?
    (There would be nine left.)
    What walks with its head down?
    (A nail in your boot.)
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it,
    and all the men in Clare couldn’t count all the windows in it?
    (A thimble.)
    Collected by: - Tomás Ó Fógartaigh, Poundtown.
    Told by: - Thomas Fogarty (senior) Poundtown.
    (55 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Fógartaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coad, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Fogarty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Coad, Co. Clare