School: Rockwood, Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Derreennaclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chorcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 257
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- As white as milk, as black as ink and it hops on the ground like hail-stone.
A mag-pieThe man who made it never wore it and the man who wore it never saw it.
A coffinA long-legged father, a round bodied mother and three little children all the same colour.
The pot and its hangers.A hard working father, a lazy old mother and twelve little children all the same colour.
A clock.Four legs up and four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round.
A bed.Small head, no eyes, long legs and crooked thighs.
A tongs.As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over, steeple and wall.
The sunAs round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the king's army could not take it up.
A well.(continues on next page)
