School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 249
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- 41.Three things that the world cannot produce.
Fr. 1.A show for the foot of a mountain. 2. A towel to wipe the face of the world. 3. A sheet to cover the bed of the sea.42. Riddle me, Riddle me, Antis,
My father gave me seed to sow,
When the seed began to grow
like a garden full of snow,
when the snow began to melt
Like a ship without a belt,
when the ship began to sail
Like a bird without a tail
When the bird began to fly
Like an eagle in the sky
When the sky began to fall
Lord, Have mercy on us all.
A game43.Here is a fat hen,
Here are two ducks and a fat hen,
Here are three plump partridges, two ducks and a fat hen. Your grey geese in a green field grazing, three plump partridges, two ducks and a fat hen.
Here are five piggy wiggles in a rye-field rosting, four grey geese in a green field(continues on next page)
