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School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)

Location:
Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 254

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    As I went to London I saw a great wonder Twenty-four mad bulls tearing up the ground.
    Freagra - A Harrow.
    Twenty-four white cows tied to a stall up comes a red one and licks all over.
    Fr. A Tongue licking teeth.
    As black as ink and ink it isn't: As white as snow and snow it isn't. It hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it isn't.
    Fr. A Magpie hopping on the road.
    What has more corners than holes?
    Fr. A Sand-Riddle.
    What is deeper than the sea?
    Fr. A Tailor's Thimble
    Roger Mac Codger the big bellied man
    He ate two score of sheep and the half of a ram.
    Then he swore be the Bible, he wasn't half full,
    And he ate two score heifers and half of a bull.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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