School: Ballybay (B.) (roll number 10574)
- Location:
- Béal Átha Beithe, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: C. Mac Pártholáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, One side a woman the other a man?
A Penny
Why does a donkey eat thistles?
Because he is an ass.
What goes round the house and round the house and a harrow after it?
A hen with a flock of chickens.
As I went over yonder hill
I met my uncle Davy
With Iron nose and timber toes
Upon my word he'd scare the crows?
A Gun.
What grows in the wood
Plays in the town
And earns its master
Many a pound?
A Fiddle
A Flock of white sheep, on a red hill.
Here they go there they go
Now they stand still?
Person's teeth.(continues on next page)
