School: Clocháin (Cloghans) (roll number 16170)
- Location:
- Cloghans, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 635
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- 1. It is as round as an apple as deep as a cup all the kings horses couldn't pull it up? A well.
2. It is as round as an apple as plump as a ball it climbs the Church over steeple an all? The Sun.
3. A head like a timble a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you wouldn't guess that. A pipe
4. A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here they go, there they go, now they stand still. Teeth in your gums.
5. It's black , and its white and its read all over.A newspaper.
6. Its opened when its closed, and its closed when its opened.
The railway gates.
7 Why is a cow's tail like the letter "F". Because it is the end of beef.
- Collector
- Patrick J Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolcran, Co. Mayo
