School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

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   A = when he slept with his forefathers.

   R (24) Which is the heaviest load you ever carried?
   A = Laziness.

   R (25) How many thorns on an acre of whins
   A = One and the rest.

   R (26) What is over the fire, and under the fire and never touches the fire?
   A = A cake in an oven.

   R (27) What turns without moving?
   A = A road.

   R (28) Why is a cat's tail like a swans bosom?
   A = Because it grows down.

   R (29) There is a town in Ireland of much fame, spell it backways or front ways and its all the same ?
   A = Navan.

   R (30) Little Jenny Ruddle sitting in a puddle with a green gown and a white petty-coat?
   A = A bundle of rushes.

   R (31) What lives and never eats?
   A = A moth.

   R (32) Why is hell like a shoemakers shop?
   A = Because there are condemned souls.

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   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ena Woods

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corr Bhuachaill, Co. Liatroma

   Informant

   Mrs Woods

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corr Bhuachaill, Co. Liatroma