School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 427
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- (continued from previous page)few sticks on top of other in a branch of a tree.
- 1) As I went through a guttery gap I met my Uncle Davie. I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy? A blackberry.
2) Black and White went up a hill Black came down and White stood still? A hen after laying an egg.
3) What is it that has teeth but never eats? A comb.
4) Queen built a ship Ann in that ship her daughter sat. Ann I'll be blamed for telling in name Ann thats three times I've told her name? Ann
5) What goes round the house and round the house and sits in the corner at night A twig.
6) What it it which a cat has and no other animal? Kittens.
7) What is a cows tail like a swans breast? Because it grows down.
8) What is it that the fox has and the hare would like to have? A brush.
9) What insect lives on nothing? A moth because it eats holes. - Collector
- May Hudson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rakenny, Co. Cavan
