School: Shannow
- Location:
- Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 239
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- (continued from previous page)As green as grass and grass is not
As red as blood and blood is not.
As black as ink and ink is not.
Answer. A blackberry.A round thatched house
A red door case
The hound is in bloom
And the fox is in chase
Answer. Your head. There was a man of Adam's race and he had a dwelling place
It was neither in Heaven or on earth or in hell or any other place where man could dwell.
Answer. In a whale's stomock.
As round as an O
As flat as a pan
A half of a woman and the whole of a man. Answer. A penny. A useful useful ornament
The man that bought it didnt want it
And the man that wanted it didnt see it. Answer A Coffin(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Redhills, Co. Cavan
