School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 048
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- 1. A houseful, a yardful, and couldn't catch a spoonful. -"Smoke".
2. Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into hairys mouth - "Stockings".
3. There is a little red calf standing by the wall, he eats all he gets and he drinks none at all - "A fire".
4. Around the wood and around the wood and sleeps on the wood at night -"A dishcloth"
5. Ink ank under bank ten drawing four - "Milking a cow."
6. There is a little white woman with a yellow head, the longer she lives the shorter she grows. - "A candle."
7. Four legs and one foot. - "A bed."
8. As I went out in yonder gap
I met my uncle Davy
I cut off his head and drank his blood
And left him lying easy. -"A bottle of wine."
Twenty four white cattle
lying in a stall,
Up comes a red one.
And licks them all. - "Your teeth and your tongue."
Hairy all over rough in the skin(continues on next page)
