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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 276

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    or ground.
    Answer. A handle of a pump
    What would make the most noise in the world.
    Answer. Two skeletons fighting in a tar barrel/
    All round the house ans sleeps in the corner at night
    Answer. A brush
    As round as an apple as deep as a pan the half of woman the half of a man]
    Answer. A penny.
    What is smaller than a midget's eye.
    Answer. The white of it.
    What has an eye and cannot see.
    Answer. A potato.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    S. Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Míleac, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Míleac, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Dunne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Míleac, Co. Laoise