School: Gníomh go Leith (B.) (roll number 1703)
- Location:
- Gníomh go Leith, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Cormac Ó Laoghaire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0451, Page 321
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- 1. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head, and no eyes?
(A Tongs)
2. I have a field of white heifers,- and a red one in the middle.
(The two rows of teeth and tongue)
3.It is black, it is white, and it loops on the road like hailstone.
(A Magpie)
4. It is red, it is yellow, it is sparable green, the king cannot reach it, or neither the Queen.
(A Rainbow)
5.It is here, it is there, it is everywhere ... (air)
6.It is round as an apple. as plump as a ball, can climb over ditches, hedges and all. (The Sun)
7. What weight is the moon. (It is 1 cut because it has four quarters)
8. What part of a cow goes first over the ditch. (The breath)
9. As I went to London I saw a great wonder - two pots boiling and no fire under.
(Two pots of lime)
10. A man from Westminister sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold raw meat
(A ring)
11. Black + white and read all over.
A newspaper.(continues on next page)
