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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 229

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A A woman milking a cow.
    Q If it would take five hours to wash a child What would it take to dry him.
    A A towel.
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  2. A Story

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    There once lived a man named Joe Laurence at the sweep at Poulacapple. He was on Friendly terms with a protestant Minister named Despard.
    In the course of an argument in religion one day, Depard provoked Laurence to say, "I'll see you to hell yet."
    It is related by Charles Kickam in his tales of Tipperary that one night
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Dooley
    Gender
    Male