School: Presentation Convent, Carlow
- Location:
- Carlow, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bonaventure
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0908, Page 039
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- (continued from previous page)also used for making barm bread. The bread was baked in a big stone oven. The people never ate late at night because they generally went to bed early. As the old proverb says "|Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
- Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches?
A. A head of cabbage.
Q. Under the ground and over the ground and never touches the ground?
A. A pipe in a colliers pocket.
Q. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?(continues on next page) - Collector
- Carmel Graham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
