School: Bailieboro (C.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 157
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- (continued from previous page)8 "As round as an apple, as flat as a pan.
One side a woman, the other a man"
A penny.
9 "Riddle me, riddle me, raincon,
My head is made of paincon,
My eye is made of sheep skin
And I cant see with the wool."~~Wool thread in a needle.
10 "As I went out on a guttery gap,
I met a lad in a red cap.
A stick in his back, and a stone in his tummy,
Riddle me that, and I'll give you a penny." A haw
11 What is it everyone wants, yet tries to get rid of? An appetite
12 "Tis time I have both face and hands
And move before your eye
Yet when I go, my body stands,
And When I stand, I lie"
A clock
13 "Blackie and Whitie went over the hill
Blackiecame back, and Whitie stood still."
A hen laid an egg.(continues on next page)
