School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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    two men on horseback first and then horses and side cars and whoever would be first to the mans house would get a bottle of whiskey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Q. What is it that goes between two pails and comes back between two water. Ans. A man carrying water in two buckets.
    Q. Three legs in the air. Two on the ground and the head of the live person in the mouth of the dead person. Ans. A man carrying a pot with three legs on his head.
    Q I went up the road and down the road and I carried the road on my back. Ans. A long ladder.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Lochlainn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Clare