School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 351
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- Q As round as a ball as steep as a cup all the king's horses could not pull it up.
A. A draw well.
Q. As round as an apple as black as a coal there is nothing whither than its little back hole
A. A blackberry
Q. There were two brother's born in March and christened in January. One married his mother and the other died a widow. How did this come about.
A. They were born in a place called March. They were christened in the month of January. One became a priest and married his mother to another man. The other became a barber and dyed a widows hair.
Q. A man had two sons. He was twelve stone. The two sons were six stone each. Father and sons wanted to go across a river. The boat would only carry twelve stont how did they go across.
A.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anthony Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
