School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)
- Location:
- Meath Hill, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Patrick J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 164
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- It is white, it is red, it is parliament green, the king cannot touch it or either the queen.
- A rainbow.Black and white went up a hill, black came down and white stood still.
- A black hen laying her egg in a nest on the top of a hill.What bears and never blossoms?
A crook.How would you get down off an ass.
- There is no down on him it is all hair.Why does a hen cross the road?
Because the other side of the road would not come over to her.As round as an apple as plump as a ball goes over the market house, steeple and all.
- The sun.Long legs, short thighs, a little head and no eyes.
- A tongs.What is that which is often cut on the table and eaten?
A pack of cards.Forty sheep went out on a gap, forty more followed that, six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two how many is that.
- Five.Around the house and around the house and their heads down.
- Nails in your boots.Around the wood and around the wood and never goes into the wood.
- The bark of a(continues on next page)
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