School: Grian Airbh (Graine), Urlingford (roll number 6017)
- Location:
- Graine, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 190
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- (continued from previous page)Answer. A grave.Born at the same time as the world
destined to live as long the world
and yet never grew five weeks old.
Answer. The moon.Up the boreen and down the boreen I carried the boreen on my back.
Answer. A ladder.Niddy, noddy, round body three feet and a wooden hat
Answer. A pot.Jenny, inside the ditch Jenny outside and if you go near Jenny she will bite you.
Answer. A nettle.As round as an apple as steep as a cup and all the kings horses could not draw it.
Answer. A wellAs black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones.
Answer. A magpie.It eats ash, elm and oak and if it took a drink of water if would(continues on next page)
