School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 232
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- (continued from previous page)20. As I walked in, as I walked out
I saw the life the dead was in
Seven there sat, one got free,
Riddle me that or hanged you'll be."Ans " Bird's nest in horse's ear".
=====21. "As I went out in a sloppery gap
I met my uncle Davy,
I cut off his head, sucked his blood,
And left his body lying easy."Ans. "A head of Cabbage."
=====23. "What is the quickest way to get from Dover to France".Ans. " Cross out the "D" + you will get "over" at once.
=====24. "It's in the rock, and it ai'nt in the stone,
It's in the marrow and it ai'nt in the bone,
It's in all kinds of timber, but not in the wood,
It's in all kinds of water, but not in the blood"Ans Letter "R"=====(continues on next page)
