School: Crummy (roll number 12691)
- Location:
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 342
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“As I went through yonder gap, I met my Uncle Davy...”
342As I went through yonder gap,
I met my Uncle Davy,
I picked him up, and sucked his blood,
And left him lying easy.
A black-berry.
What takes a mouthful of hay bigger that any horse, yet eats none of it?
A sycthe.
How many feet has forty sheep, a shepherd and his dog? Two.
What never was, or never will be look at your hand and you'll plainly see. That your fingers will be the same length.
My mother sent to your mother for the loan of the Hitty, the Hatty, the double Killaty, the thing with the hat on the top. A churn dash.
On yonder hill there stands a deer,
With silver belt and bandolier.
Its neither fish, flesh, feather or bone,
Yet on that hill it stands alone.
The moon.
What is it that's rounder than your head and longer that a hundred trees? A ball of wool.(continues on next page)