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 166
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- On yonder hill there stands a house and in the house, there is a room and in the room there is a drawer, and in the drawer there is a dish and in the dish there is a cup, and in the cup there is a drop that every man must taste.
Death.What flower will you find in the Zoo?
Dandylion.Elizabeth, Betty, and Tess went to the wood to look for nests, they found a nest with three eggs in it, each of them took an egg how many were left.
Two.What part of your body comes into the house first?
Your Breath.What is that which you give to others but still have it yourself?
Your Voice.Middy, noddy, round body three feet and a wooden hat.
A Pot.What goes out between two woods and comes home between two waters.
A man fetching water in pails.Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but couldn't guess that.
A Pipe.As I looked out on my grand father's window I heard a man calling, his mouth was horn and such a man was never born.
A cock crowing.What never was, what never will be, look(continues on next page)
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