School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)anyone to hear a cow or a horse talking on Christmas Eve night will die within a week. Poor Dan was in a terrible state when he was found. He went mad was brought to the asylum in Carlow where he died a week later. The three horses which he heard talking were pulling the hearse up the steep road to the church yard.
- Question: What is half the moon like?
Answer: The other half.
Question: Why should horses be sold wholesale?
Answer: Because it is impossible to retail them.
Question: Why is "b" like a fire?
Answer: Because it makes oil boil. - Collector
- Paddy Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
