School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 174
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As I went up to the top of the hill, I met a flock of bullocks.
They were sleekit and slackit.
And all yellow backet.
Ans Bumble Bees.
XXXV
As round as an apple,
As plump as a ball, climbs over church, steeple and all.
Ans the sun.
XXXVI
What walks all day with its head down?
Ans : A nail in your shoe.
XXXVII
It's long and narrow and not very wide
It wears a green garland on every side.
Ans : A Road. Constantinople is a very big word,
If you cannot spell it you're a big dunce.
I.t.Chip chip cherry, all the men in the Derry
Cannot climb chip, chip, cherry.
Smoke.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Hepburn
- Gender
- Female
