School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)"What turns and never shakes"?
"Milk getting sour.""If it takes an hour to wash yourself what will it take to dry yourself?"
"A towel.""Why does a hen pick a pot"
"Because she can't lick it""I have a little house and it would not hold a mouse and has a many windows as the Lord mayor's house"?
"A thimble""A leper of ditches, a clipper of thorns, a little brown cow without any horns?"
"A Hare". - The cure for warts is to put a snail on a bush let him wither then rub him on the warts and that is the old cure for warts.The cure for a bite of a dog is to pull a few ribs out of him and put them on the bite.The cure for cilblanes is go to your neigblours house take off your boots and stockings and rub your feet on the hearet-stone and you will leave your cilblanes behind you.(continues on next page)