School: Carrigeengeare (roll number 8672)
- Location:
- An Carraigín Géar, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 418
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- There is a bush in yonder field.
It is covered all over with banders.
Beats the bull, and tames the bear,
And tames the wild birds of the air.
Answer - HungerWhat is full all the day,
The truth I may say,
And it empty when it goes to rest.
Answer - A BootAs I was going down the field
I got it.
I sat down to look for it when
I got it,
I could not get it and I ran
away with it.
Answer - A thorn in your foot.A leaper of ditches, a clipper of hedges,
A little brown cow with two leather horns.
Answer - A hare.I have a wee cow, and she is tied to the wall.
And she'd eat all the fodder from here(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Anne O' Rourke
- Gender
- Female
