School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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  3. XML “Old Proverbs”
  4. XML “A Riddle”
  5. XML “Puzzle”

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    10) "A friend in need is a friend indeed".
    11) "Do not choose the book by looking at the cover"
    13) " Learning is no load".
    14) 'Tis a bad man that is not good for something."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A riddle
    1) "In a garden so fair there did dwelt a fair maid she was as fair and as fresh as the morning she was made of a wife the first hour of her life and she died before she was born. "
    Answer = (Eve)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockatunna, Co. Clare
  3. Letter five composed by name read backwards tis the same
    but when twice fifty from me is taken
    here still remains a mother's name .
    Answer = (L -E-V- E-L)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.