School: Com Liath (Scoil Brighde) (roll number 8924)
- Location:
- Coomleagh West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Muircheartach Ó Cróinín
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Five times twenty take care to prefix
A circular letter without any tricks
One thousand inverted when placed in the rear
Will tell you what's wanting to man I declare. COW.II
Three - fourths of a cross, and a circle complete,
An upright where two semi - circles do meet,
An isoceles triangle, standing on feet,
Two semi - circles and a circle complete.
TOBACCO.Ceist do chuir tuathach ar cléireach 's chuaidh cun an easpuig é réidhteach, driothair a bhí ag driothair m'athar is níorbh uncal domh-sa an té sin. - M'athairWho was the first nobleman mentioned in the Bible?
Baron Figtree (barren fig - tree)What is it, that belong to you and is used by others more than yourself? - Your name.What is it that is often parted with but never given away?: - A comb.
Why is a man's nose never twelve inches long?
Because it wouldn't be a nose then but a foot.
