School: Cill Dubh (roll number 16503)
- Location:
- Kilduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Emily Williams
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- 1) Dying with the lonesome like Donal Oats (?) gander, while the geese were hatching2) "Yon would not know "H" in the side of a sack". This is usually applied to a dunce.3) "As head-strong as a pig" is what a person who is very obstinate is called4) "Short and sweet like an asse's gallop," is something that is brief and concise5) "Taller standing like a dog sitting" is an answer given by a person who is asked to sit down6) "Growing down like a cow's tail" is an answer given by a person who is thought to be getting smaller7) As a tree falls so it lies and as a man lives so he dies
- Collector
- Master William O Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinvosherig East, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Joseph O Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinvosherig East, Co. Kerry