School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr M. Peadar
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- 15th Sept, 1938
Riddles (Local)
Long legged Father, short legged mother, twelve little children and they all have one colour.
Answer :- A clock.
What sleeps with their heads down?
Answer :- The nails of your boots.
Old mother Hubar she had but one eye, a very long tail she used to letfly, every time she went over the gap she left a part of her tail(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Miss K. Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
