School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)
- Location:
- Cluain Fada, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 140
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- (continued from previous page)well?
"A coffin"
What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
"Her breath"
It went to America, it stopped in America, and it never went there?
"A watch"
Riddle me, riddle me, andy-o,
My father gave me seeds to sow,
The seeds were black, and the ground was white,
And riddle me that before to-morrow night?
"Paper and ink"
It opens like a barn door,
It shuts like a trap,
Many things you'd think of,
Before you'd think of that.
"An umbrella"
How many bills does a hen strike on the ground before she has enough eaten?
"One"
Why does a cow look over the ditch?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parke, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
