School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

Location:
Killeen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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    him go Molly said Hempenstall if he does it. The man looked down at Hempenstall and said "The bargain is bad in every part the wife is worse drive on the cart.
    Mrs Fagan, Killeen aged 86 years told me this story last Summer.
    Harry Reynolds Killeen Granard.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Riddles
    As I went out on yonder lawns
    I heard a young man giving a call.
    His head was flesh his mouth was horn
    and such a young man never was born.
    A cock crowing.
    As I was going to saint Ives.
    I chanced to meet with nine old wives
    each wife had nine sacks each sack had nine cats each cat had nine kits. Kits, cats sacks wives how many were going to saint Ives.
    Myself.
    (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
    Brigid Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymore, Co. Longford
    Collector
    Mollie Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymore, Co. Longford