School: Colthurst, Ráth Cúil
- Location:
- Rathcool, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 005
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- A flock of white sheep on a red hill. Here they go, there they go and now they stant still?
Your teeth
What part of the cow goes over the ditch first?
Her breath. Why does a dog was his tail?
Because his tail cannot wag him? Spell broken down ditch in three letters?
Gap Long legged father, fat old mother, three sons, all alike and a red rosy daughter?
A crane, a pot, the three legs of the pot and the fire. As I went up a hill I met a Manchester scholar, he took off his hat and drew his gloves and what was the name of the scholar?(continues on next page)
