School: Druim (2) (roll number 11108)
- Location:
- Drum, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Francis Coleman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 008
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- (continued from previous page)(5) I washed my hands in water,
That was neither rained nor run,
And I dried them in a towel,
That was neither wove nor spun.
What is this?
He washed them in the dew,
and dried them in the sun.6// Forty sheep went through a gap,
Forty more followed that,
A shepherd and his dog,
How many feet is that?
Two feet.7// I sent my dog to gather brussney, he brought neither ash nor elm, nor any class of wood, yet he brought me - brussney. What did he bring?
His name.8// Round as a ball, plump as an awl,
Big as the market - house steeple and all. What is this?
The sun.(continues on next page)
