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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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  1. Riddles

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    White bird featherless flew from Paradise. Pitched on high walls, lodged on low walls, on horse away did ride Old Lord landless took up handless, and swallowed it throatless.
    Answer :- The snow.
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    A halfpenny wet, and a halfpenny dry, fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny by A halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before. Fourpence halfpenny, and a halfpenny more.
    Answer :- None.
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  2. Old Sayings

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    It is a bad wind that do not blow good for someone.
    Fools make feasts and wise men eat them
    You cannot break an old dog off his trot
    The cat rambles to the childs saucepan.
    The world is only a blue ray.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Overum
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lacy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Tipperary