School: Knockbride (2)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T.J. Barron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 320
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- What are people doing at the same time every day?
Growing older.
What has as many windows as the king's nig house?
A timble.
What goes through the world with its head down?
A nail in a horses shoe.
What grows with its head down?
An icicle.
As I went over Tara hill,
Tara hill was shacking,
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Tearing up the nation.
A harrow.
I sat on my hunkers,
And looked through my winkers,
And saw the dead burying the live?
And old woman racking the fire.
How many thorns are there on a whin bush?
There are mo thorns but all jagers.
Why does a miller wear a white hat?
To keep his head warm
How many wells would make a river?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Georgina Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Cavan
