School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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Ans. A boot
Q. What goes from here to cork without moving?
Ans. The road.
Q. What would you fill a barrel with to make it lighter?
Ans. Aughor holes.
Q. Which is it a match or candle burns longer?
Ans. Neither of them burns long.
Q. I went out through a slippery gap I met my Auntie Joan she had timber toes iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows?
Ans. A gun.
Q. What makes more noise at a gate than one pig?
Ans. two pigs. - It is said that if the leaves stay on the trees after September it is going to be a hard winter. If a fox barks much in October he is calling a great snowfall.
When ever you see a hen picking herself it is going to rain. If there is a rainbow after a shower it is not going to rain any more. If the cat lies(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas P. Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garraí an Dinigh, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Paddy Wade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maigh Eo, Co. Laoise