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School: Eaglais

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Eglish, Co. Offaly
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Séamus Ó Heifearnáin
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    “What goes up and what goes down and never touches earth or sky?”

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    Name: Patrick Carroll, Ballykealy
    Age: About 45 years. Farmer
    Date: 25-11-1937
    What goes up and what goes down and never touches earth or sky?
    A. A handle of a pump.
    Long and lank board and narrow it has no legs and yet can run?
    A. A river.
    Black and white and red all over?
    A. A newspaper.
    What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a stamp?
    A. Stamps sticks with a lick and the master licks with a stick.
    A little white man with a little red nose the longer he lives the shorter he grows?
    A. A candle.
    As round as apple as deep as a cup all the king's horses would not draw it up?
    A. A well.
    Black I am and much admired, men and horses I have tired, gold and silver I have made, on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballykealy, Co. Offaly