School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 150
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- (continued from previous page)I ran away with it?
A thorn in your foot.There was a thing four weeks old,
When Adam was no more,
And that same thing was four weeks old,
When Adam was four-score?
The moon.A halfpenny wet,
A halfpenny dry,
Fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny for by,
A halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before,
Fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny more?
Fivepence.There were four boys at a table and there was a basin on the table with four eggs in it. When each boy took an egg there was one egg left in the basin. How did that come?
The last boy lifted the basin as well as the egg.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Mc Phillips
- Gender
- Female
