School: Drom Bhaoghalláin (roll number 7981)
- Location:
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Pagnam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 220
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As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
(An English penny)
Long legs, short thighs, little head, and no eyes.
(A tongs)
As I was walking through a field of wheat
I picked up something good to eat.
It was neither fish, flesh, feather or bone.
I kept it until it walked alone.
(An egg)
Two cat's sat at the fire
Each cat had a cat sitting beside her
Each cat sat upon a cat's tail
How many cats sat at the fire?
(Two cats)
A half of an apple
An insect so small
Would spell a man's name between this and Cootehall.
(Applebey)
Luke had it before him
Paul had it behind him
And Kelly had it twice in the one place.
The letter L
