School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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    A:- Ink
    Q:- Spell scrape the garden in three letter.
    A:- hen.
    Q:- What is the hardest key to turn.
    A:- A donkey
    Q:- Why is a dead ass like a narrow road.
    A:- he has no breath.
    Q:- Spell black bird in four letters.
    A:- Crow.
    Q:- What always walks with its head down.
    A:- A nail of a shoe.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Lochlainn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Clare