School: Ferbane (B.)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 139
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- Twenty sick sheep went out a gap; one of them died how many were left,?
One was left,
As I looked out in my grand - father's window, I saw the dead carrying the live.
A train.
As black as ink, but ink it isnt, as white as milk, but milk it isnt.
A Magpie
Riddle me riddle ro, My father gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that and I will give you a pint
A man writing with a pen and ink on a paper,
Why does a hen pick a pot
Because she can't lick it,
Long - legged father, fat - belly mother, three little children and they all the one colour.
A pot and pot - hooks.
As I went out in yonder gap,
I met my uncle Davy,
I cut his throat and sucked his blood,
And left him lying easy.
A bottle of porter.
Four stick standers, four belly - anders,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andrew Flaherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballylin, Co. Offaly
