School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)
- Location:
- Barnaran, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)can't.(8) The fare across the water was twopence and I had only a penny I did'nt borrow the other penny and I did'nt find it. Still I paid my fare and went across:
Ans. I had two halfpennys.9 What is the shyest thing in the world.
Ans. A clock because it always keeps its hands on its face.10 If you got a pound for walking one mile what would you get for walking five miles?
Ans. Sore feet.11 What is the difference between a soldier and an old fashioned lady?
Ans. One faces the powder and the other powders the face.12 How many sticks goes to a crows nest?
Ans. None because they are all carried to it.
- St. Stephens Day
On St. Stephens Day boys dress up and go round to hunt the wren. The get bunches of straw and tie it around their legs and go round to the houses and sing their song.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Máire Ní Giolla Phádruig
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Lullymore East, Co. Kildare
