School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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- (continued from previous page)of them. She took the blankets of[f] them and then went back to the grave. Some of them fainted and others of them ran out undressed. She went back to the grave and went to rest. She was never seen again.
Told to me by:- John Hynes, (age 54 year) Ballingrane, Borris, Co Carlow
Written by:- Joseph Doyle, (age 12 years) Ballingrane, Borris, Co Carlow
- 5/11/37 Riddles
Question: What is the difference between a carpenters shop and a fish shop?
Answer: In one there is the smell of deal, in the other there is deal of smell.
Question: Why does a farmer walk better in the Autumn than in the Spring?
Answer: Because in the Autumn he has to cut his corn.
Collected by:- James Joyce Borris Co Carlow
