School: Castlebernard

Location:
Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Annie Halpin
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    1. Why need you never be short of a stick in Main Street?
    Canes are there. (Keane.)
    2. What brand of cigarettes can now be obtained in the Walk?
    Wills
    3. Why are you surprised to see the inmates of the School House sewing?
    They are all pins (Halpins)
    4. To whom in Ballincur should most sympathy be given?
    Failin' (Phelan)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Wills
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Walk, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Miss Halpin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    The Walk, Co. Offaly