School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 072
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- Q I went to the wood and got it and I brought it home because I could not find it?
A. A thorn in my (foof) foot.
Q. What is it that some men have and they dont like it, but if they lost it they would loose their life?
A. A bald head.
Q What is it has four legs and only one foot?
A. A bed.
Q. Why is a (dahs) dogs tail like the centre of a tree?
A. Because it is the farthest from the bark.
Q. As white as milk as black as soot and hops to the ground like hail stones?
A. A magpie.
Q. As I went out through a guttery gap. I met my uncle Davy. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen B. Wade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrendenny, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Maggie Wade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrendenny, Co. Laois
