School: Ballycorney, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Ballycorney, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ailís, Bean Uí Rabhartaigh
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- 1. Under the fire and over the fire and still never touching the fire.
(A cake baking in an oven).
2. A white cow and she eating herself.
(A lighting candle).
3. A beautiful lady in a garden was laid. She was as fair as the flower in the morn. It was her first time in life and she died before she was born. (Eve).
4. Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. (A head of cabbage).
5. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all. (The sun).
6. As black as ink and as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones. (A magpie).
7. What can go through the wood without touching a leaf or a branch?
(An Echo).
8. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You could guess forever but you could not guess that. (A pipe).(continues on next page)- Collector
- Seosaimhín Ní Dhubhghaill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cloonfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Domhnall Ó Dubhghaill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male