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School: Eachroim (roll number 14684)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 241

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    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat.
    You can guess for ever
    But you cannot guess that.
    A pipe.
    What two cities in France would make a bad trousers for a man?
    Toulouse and Toulon.
    What is always hot in cold wether?
    A grain of mustard.
    What always walk with their heads down?
    Nails in a man's boot.
    As round as an apple,
    As plump as a ball,
    Can climb the church
    Over steeple and all.
    The Sun.
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