School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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25. When the cat is out the mouse is dancing.
26. After a storm there comes a calm.
28. The man on the fence is the best hurler.
29. Green are the distant hills.
30. He could put timber legs under hens.
31. It is a long lane that has no winding.
32. A new house is never built on an old pathway.
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- Collector
- Teresa Danaher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Robert Danaher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick