School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

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1. Damer

   

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   Once there living in Shronell a very rich man by the name of Damer.
   He was a very rich man and was a mean man. He used to have strong jail to keep people in. It was said he used to begrudge his wife her meals, and he had her locked up in a large castle in Mount Bruis

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Why is Emly like a bed? Because there're *Bolsters at it's head. 1. Q As I went in to an orchard, I saw a pear tree, they were two pears on it, I took no pears, or I left no pears? A I took one, and I left one. 2. Q. How many eights will make nine? A Three. Eight shillings, eight pence, eight half pennies 3. Q. What is it the more you take from it the bigger it get? A. A grave. 4. Q. What time is it when a clock strikes thirteen A. Time to buy a new one. 5. Q What comes out when the sun goes in? A. The moon. 6 Q What had feathers that can't fly? A. A pillow. 7. Q What goes from Dublin to Cork without ever moving * People by the name of Bolster.

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   Topics

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Nash

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shronell, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Patrick Nash

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shronell, Co. Tipperary