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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Meathas Truim (roll number 13313)

Location:
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
An tSiúr Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 468

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    race horse
    A. because it is a high bread.
    Q. As I looked across yonder wall I heard a man giving a loud call his head was bone his mouth was horn such a man was never born.#
    A. A cock crowing
    Q. Why is your eye like a whip.
    A. because there is a lash on it
    Q. Why does a horse look over a wall
    A. Because he cannot look under it.
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  2. A Local Forge

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    In the townland of Kilsallagh some years ago there was a forge situated on the side of the public road. The smith who owned this forge was Michael Gannon but the people in the neighbourhood called him "Mick the Smith" as a nickname. Every night this man left the door of the forge open and it was supposed that the people had heard horses being shod
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnagrish, Co. Longford