School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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    see?
    Ans. A boot
    Q. What goes from here to cork without moving?
    Ans. The road.
    Q. What would you fill a barrel with to make it lighter?
    Ans. Aughor holes.
    Q. Which is it a match or candle burns longer?
    Ans. Neither of them burns long.
    Q. I went out through a slippery gap I met my Auntie Joan she had timber toes iron nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows?
    Ans. A gun.
    Q. What makes more noise at a gate than one pig?
    Ans. two pigs.
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  2. It is said that if the leaves stay on the trees after September it is going to be a hard winter. If a fox barks much in October he is calling a great snowfall.
    When ever you see a hen picking herself it is going to rain. If there is a rainbow after a shower it is not going to rain any more. If the cat lies
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas P. Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrendenny, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Paddy Wade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mayo, Co. Laois