School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 027
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- (continued from previous page)Four legs up, four legs down,
Soft in the middle, and hard all round.
Answer: A bed.
- As I was running a thing I found,
And to find it I searched around,
If I could find it I would throw it away,
But when I did not, I kept it all day.
Answer: A thorn in my foot.Black as ink
White as snow,
And it hops on the road like hail-stone.
Answer: A magpie.It was made at the beginning of the world,
It was never five weeks old,
And it will end at the end of the world.
Answer: The moon.I have a little brother inside the ditch, and when you'd go near him, he'd give you the itch.
Answer: A nettle.If you fell off a window what(continues on next page) - Collector
- Pádraig Ó Conchúbhair
- Gender
- Male
