School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 273
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- (continued from previous page)Answer. A pig rooting up the ground with its nose.
- The man that meant to sell it did not want it and the man that bought it never saw it.
Answer A coffin.Dressed in white a long nose and the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Answer. A candleCrookedy crockety where do you steer what is it to you that is cropped every year.
Answer. A river running through a meadowThere is a thing that is too short and when there is a piece cut off of it,(continues on next page) - Collector
- S. Tevrit
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockmay, Co. Laois
- Informant
- J. Brodar
- Address
- Togher, Co. Laois
