School: Graughlough
- Location:
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Wade
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- (continued from previous page)34. What is the hardest key to turn.
Ans. A Donkey.
35. What is most like a cat looking in a window
Ans. One looking out.
36. What has two eyes and cannot see.
Ans. A scissors.
37. What has two ears and cannot hear.
Ans. A pot.
- We have a churn at home. It is four feet high. It is three feet wide at the top and bottom. It is a large round churn and there is a lid and dash for it. There is a hole in the lid for the dash to come through. It is (as long as my mother and my father remember) (about the house). There is a handle on each side of the churn.
When the cream is collected it is gathered into the churn and the dash and lid are put(continues on next page) - Collector
- Joe Cochrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs T. Cochrane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
