School: Teampoll Árdáin
- Location:
- Teampall Baoith, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Annraoi Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 005
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- (continued from previous page)12 A marble wall as white as milk
Lined inside as soft as silk.
There is no opening I behold
A thief broke in and stole its gold
An egg
13 I ran until I got it. I sat down and looked for it. If I got it I would through it away and if I did not I would keep it. A thorn
14 Steel toes, no nose and upon my word she would frighten the crows. A gun
15 Everything in the world has it and a pin has it too. A Name.
16 Its head is flesh, its mouth is horn and such a thing was never born. A bird
