School: Killeshin, Carlow (roll number 5264)
- Location:
- Killeshin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Haonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 233
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“This world is a difficult riddle, As many people we see, With faces as long as a fiddle That ought to be shining with glee...”
(continued from previous page)And foolishly say "I cant."
It is by plodding and striving
And labouring up the big hills of life
You'll forever be thriving
Which you'll so if you are only the will.
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“There are many pisreog's here still. If you were going on a journey and saw a rat crossing the road, you were to turn around and go home...”
There are many pisreog's here still. If you were going on a journey and saw a rat crossing the road, you were to turn around and go home. Another is, if you saw one magpie it was for good luck, and two was for bad luck, three for a wedding and four for a wake.
If a person spilled salt it betoken's bad luck to the family. (no title)
“In olden times the people scutched the corn with a flail, to separate the seed from the straw...”
In olden times the people scutched the corn with a flail, to separate the seed from the straw. Then they would take out the seed on a windy day and riddle it through a sieve. The wind would take away(continues on next page)