School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)
- Location:
- Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
- Teachers: M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 423
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- Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I'll give you breeches.
A head of Cabbage.Spell the biggest rouge in the world.
Fox.Why is Ireland like a bottle of wine.
Because theres a cork in itWhy is Ireland the richest country in the world.
Because its Capital is always Dublin.What county can swim in the ocean.
Cork.Round the house and round the house and never touches the house.
The sun.I washed my face with water that never rained or run.
I dried my face with a towel that never was woven or spun.
Washed with dew dried with sun.As I went out a slippery gap, I met my uncle Davy I sucked his heart and drank his blood and left him lying easy.
A blackberry.A hard going father, a lazy going mother and twelve black children.(continues on next page)
