School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 410
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- 1. There was a thing was three weeks old
when Adam was a score.
Before that thing was five weeks old, Adam was five score.
Answer = The Moon
2. King a Mnockai built a ship,
and in that ship his daughter sits,
and I'll be blambed to tell her name,
and then's three times I told it.
Answer = Ann.
3. There was a man of Adam's race,
Great Crystal was his name,
His saddle shirt was girt with gold,
And there's three times I told his name.
Answer = Was
4. As I went round Westminster bridge,
I met a Westminster scholar,
An drew off my hat,
An drew off my glove,
Pray tell me the name of the scholar;
Answer = Andrew.
5. As I went up yonder hill,
I saw the worlds wonder,
Two pots boiling and no fire under.
Answer = Two spring wells.
6. There is a creature in this world;(continues on next page)
