School: Tobar na Brón, Piltown (roll number 1468)
- Location:
- Tobernabrone, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bríd Paor
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As white as snow and snow it is not as green as grass and grass it is not as red as blood and blood it is not as black as ink and ink it is not.
answer. A blackberry.
- Riddle me riddle me Auntie O my father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me that against Saturday night.
A seed loaf.
A little red heifer lying by the wall eats all it gets and drinks none at all.
A fire.
Black and white and read all over.
A newspaper.
Little red biddy with a little red nose the longer she lives the shorter she growa.
A Candle.
