School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 116
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- (continued from previous page)A. A pipe in a collier's pocket.
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Q. What has a head a foot and four legs and cannot walk?
A. A bed
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Q 20 white soldier's on a red hill here they go, here they go, and here they stand still?
A. Your teeth
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Q. As white as ink as black as snow and hops on the rain like hail stones?
A. A magpie.
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Q. What goes around on its head all day and sleeps on its head all night?
A. A brush.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gwen Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mary Wade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
