School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget
- Location:
- Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: F. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 225
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- Four legs up, four legs down soft in the midde and hard all around.
A bed.Which side of a jug is the handle at.
The outsideInk ank under the bank ten drawing four
A woman milking a cow.Why does a dog turn twice before he lies down
Because on good turn deserves another.Why Does a collector at a railway-station punch a hole in your ticket.
to let you pass through.Why is Kildare compared to the leg of your britches.
Because Athy runs into it.
- Collector
- Daniel Doheny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grenan, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Denis Doheny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grenan, Co. Laois
- It is said that there are pots of gold hid in Barnderry hill. It is said that the gold was put there by giants and that the giants put lepreacáns to mind it. There's supposed to be lights seen around the caves where the gold is. No one ever went to look for it because they were afraid.
