School: Coolanarney
- Location:
- Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)82 Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stayed still. -
A black hen went up on a hill and laid an egg83. Round the world all day and sleeps on its head at night -
The nails in your boots.84 I have a little sister her name is peep peep, she can go under the water so deep deep, she can climb a hill so high high, and dear little sister has a very bright eye -
A star.85 How many legs have one hundred sheep, the shepherd and his dog -
Two.86 Eight arms no hands, a wooden leg but cannot stand, a coat of silk, a belt round the middle. Riddle me that and I will give you a fiddle -
An umbrella.87 What is the difference between a hill and a pill. -
It is hard to get up a hill, and it is had to get down a pill(continues on next page)
