School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 526
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- a lazy old woman and a hard working man and twelve little children as black as a pan - the face of a clock.
I had a little house in which a mouse could not live and all the men in town could not count the windows in it - a thimble.
What are opened when they are closed and closed when they are opened - the railway gates.
Why is St.Pauls cathedral like a birds nest - because it was built by a wren.
what relation has a child to its father who is not its fathers own son - his daughter.
As I went up a hill the hill was shaking. I saw twenty four bulldogs tearing up a nation - a harrow.
Take away my first letter, take away my second letter, take away my third letter. Take away all my letters and I am still what I am - a postman.
If a man raises a load of corn on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gowlane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- James Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Gowlane, Co. Kerry
