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School: Borris (B.)

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Borris, Co. Carlow
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Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 372

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  1. The Cripple Kavanagh of Borris Co Carlow (continued)

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    sorry for him, he is buried in the Demense at Bun-na-habann in the Kavanagh's graveyary, on Barrow's Bank near Ballytigha Bridge. He was known all over Ireland.
    Told to me by my aunt-Katie Keogh
    Kilcoltrim
    Borris
    Co.Carlow
    Written by Thomas Redmond (age 12)
    Borris
    Co.Carlow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Riddles

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    Question: What is the first thing you do when you fall into the sea?
    Answer: Get wet.
    Question: When is a shooemaker dying?
    Answer: When he is preparing the sole for the last.
    Question: What is it we often return but never borrow?
    Answer: Thanks.
    Question: Why is a vain young lady like a drunkard.
    Answer: Because they are both fond on the glass.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13