School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 228
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- "I have a piece of linen
That was never wove or spun,
It covers the whole wide world,
But the little shining sun."Answer: "Snow"."As I went into my father's hall
I met a man who let a call
His beard was flesh, his mouth was horn
There never was such a man born".Ans. "The Cock.""I have a wild boar at home
The more I give him, the more he roars,
The less I give him, the less he roars."Ans "A Mill""It goes around the wood
And round the wood,
But never goes into it".Answer "The Bark"(continues on next page)
