School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)
- Location:
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)I washed my face in water.
That never ran or run.
I dried it with a towel.
That was never span or spun.I washed it with the dew and dried it with the sun.
As green as grass, as white as snow, as red as blood, as black as ink.A blackberry.
Hairy in and hairy out,
And hairy into hairy's mouth.(continues on next page)
- (continued from previous page)and there was a birds nest in it. There were six young birds and an old bird in it. The six birds stood and the other one went free.
