School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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- (continued from previous page)said "get up on my back and I will show you where I saw her". They went to the graveyard. The man in the grave thought it was the man with the sheep and he said "is she fat". The servant said "here she is now for you fat or lame" throwing the minister in. The servant ran to the minister's house and as quick as he ran the minister arrived home before him.
- Ques What is the first thing you do when you fall into the sea?
Ans Get wet.
Ques When is a shoemaker dying?
Ans When he is preparing the sole for the last. - Collector
- Jim Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
