School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Kilbolane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 107
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- The man that made it did not want it & the man that wanted it never saw it? = A coffin.
Why is paper compared to a sneeze? = Because it is "tissue".
"Up the hill of murder, down the hill of thunder, twenty four little devils tearing the world asunder" = A harrow.
What grows larger the more you take from it? = A grave.
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup & all the men in the world could not take it up = A well.
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- Collector
- Francis O' Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milford, Co. Cork
- I am at school every day & I never learn anything. I teach little boys & girls how to read & still I cannot read? = A book (reading).
Why is a dog with a lame leg like a "sum"? = Because he puts down three & carries one.(continues on next page)
