School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)
- Location:
- Brierfield, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 067
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- I have no head and a tail I lack. I oft have arms, legs and back. If a monarch were present I will tell you no fable but I am always pleased at the head of the table - A chair. Formed long ago yet made to-day most in use while others sleep which no one would like to cheap, give away and yet no one would wish to keep - A bed. The beginning of eternity the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every place - The letter E.We are a curious family just five our members are. Every word you read or write one of us must be there. Without the aid of one of us not a single word you can form. We are found in palace, cot and ship and even in the storm - The five vowels. Why is a loaf on top of a steeple like a face-horse - Because it is high bread. Why is D like a squaling child - Because it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr John Delaney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway
