School: Colthurst, Ráth Cúil
- Location:
- Rathcool, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)as a pail it never cries out and it is pulled by the tail. The Bell of a Church. My little friend, he lives by the ditch he eats all he gets but he doesent drink. A Fire. What is it that you have and I have not and I make more use of it than you that have it?
Your name.
What is it that the more you take from it the bigger it gets?
A Hole.I went into an orchard. I saw apples on a tree. I brought no apples and I left no apples and how can that be?
There were two apples inside I brought one and left one. Why would a sparrow be angry if you called him a pheasant?
Because you would be making game of him.(continues on next page)
