School: Killallon (roll number 5207)
- Location:
- Boherard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 334
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- (continued from previous page)Eight arms no hands, a wooden leg but cannot stand, is often wet but does not feel, has no boots but is shod with steel, a dress of silk with a belt round the middle, can you guess this simple riddle
A UmbrellaI have a grey goose she is a great size. The man that would buy her would need to be wise, she has feet in her stomack and walks upon none. She is far from her lodgings a seldom at home
A Ship.As I looked out through my gold ring I saw the dead carrying the live and was not that a wonderful thing
A ShipBlack am I and most admired often men and horses tired Gold and silver I have made and in the dunghill I am laid.
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