School: Leithrinn
- Location:
- Lerhin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Labhradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 131
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- 1. As high as a wall, as white as
milk,
As red as blood, as sweet as
honey. (An Apple)2. A Grandfather behind a box
and Two Hundred coats on him
(A head of Cabbage)3. A messenger from house to
house, and sleeps out at night.
(A Lane)4. What month do women do
the less talking.
(In the Month of February)5. A bridge on a lake
Without a stick or stone
(Ice)6. The man who buys it
never wears it.
The man who wears it,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Labhrás Ó Domhnalláin
- Address
- Shantallow, Co. Galway
