School: Aghalustia (roll number 12484)
- Location:
- Achadh Loiste, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 042
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- The young people nowadays spend their past time by playing cards and draughts but long ago the young people spendt their past time by telling stories and giving out riddles here are some of their riddles.
1. As I went out the gap I met my uncle David I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him down easy. (A bottle of Whiskey)
2. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the high church spires (at) and all. (The sun)
3. Round the house, round the house and all heads down (The nails of your boots)
4. The man that makes it dosent want it and the man that want it dosent see it. (A coffin)(continues on next page)
