School: St Canice's, Aghaboe (roll number 16939)
- Location:
- Aghaboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Aine Ní Dhubhlaoigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 294
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- (continued from previous page)Priest went and watched with the man and they saw the hare come through the fence and take the milk from each cow. The Priest then went behind the hare and hit it on the the legs. It immediately turned into a woman and milk began to flow from her. The Preiest recognised the woman and told her not to do such a thing again. After that milk was plentiful in Agaboe.
- As round as an apple, as plump as a ball can climb the church, over steeple and all?
The sun.
What is it always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters?
A man fetching water in pails.
What goes away above the ground, and returns under it?
A man with sods on his head.
Middy-noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat?
A pot.
