School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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Q. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the King's men could not dig it up?
A. A well.
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Q. As I went up he hill I met my uncle Bill. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy?
A. A bottle of Whiskey.
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Q. It's in the corner in the pot. It is covered with eyes but it cannot see?
A. A pot full of soup.
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Q. What is it which walks on four legs in the morning on two at midday and on three in the evening?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gwen Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mary Wade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
