School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 392
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I have an aunt Biddy She has a wooden leg, and copper toes and upon my word She'd frighten the crows. Answer A gun.
As tall as a castle, as weak as a wattle. It never cries rattle Till its caught by the throttle. Ans a chapel bell.
My mother sent me to your mother for a loan of the o the wattle. Of the seven bull-beaters, To dash up the cruddly crud. Ans a churn dash.(continues on next page)
