School: Tara Hill (roll number 13689)
- Location:
- Kilcavan, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 074
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- (continued from previous page)74Ans_. A dishcloth.
Q _. Two legs hanging, four legs ganging and four legs lying in a press.
Ans _. A man riding a mare in foal.
Q _. Black I am and much admired,
Many a man and horse I tired.
Gold and silver for me was paid,
Now in the dung hill I am laid.
Ans _. Coal.
Q It's on gravel I do travel
It's on the main post I do stand.
I rode a mare that never was foaled
And carried the dam in my hand.
Ans _ . The mare was dying, the foal taken from her, and the whip was made from her skin.
Q _ . Who stole the stumps off Paul Kanes ditch
Ans _ . A rogue.
Q _ . There was a man rode through the town
Great Grizzel was his name
His saddle girth was guilt with gold
and that's three times I've told his name
Ans _ . Was.From
Children of Tara Hill N.S.
