School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

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1. Strong Men

   

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   Tom Toole is a very strong man. He would carry a cwt weight any distance. Fred Thompson would carry 2 carts of flour 2 miles without getting a rest. It is that Mr. O'Neill would carry or hold a car wheel on his lip. He was the strongest man in all Ireland.

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   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
      2. pearsana stairiúla (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas P. Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Garraí an Dinigh, Co. Laoise

   Informant

   Michael Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise

2. Bird-Lore

   

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   I caught a parrot and he used to talk. He told about the cook that she didn't know how to cook his dinner. "Oh" said she "what a bold fellow you are".

   

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3. Bird-Lore

   

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   The swallow builds with mud and feathers. He builds in a "cow house". The "stone chatter"

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