School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Cill Mhic Eoghain, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 035
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- (continued from previous page)38.
What do you see people drinking broth with.?
(With your eyes).
39.
The Queen of England, builds a ship,
An on that ship her daughter sits,
An I would be killed for telling her name
An that is three times I have mentioned it.?
(Anne)
40.
Four legs up, four legs down,
Soft in the middle and hard all round.?
(A bed)
41.
Under the fire, and over the fire, and still it never touches the fire,?
(A cake inside in a bastiblle)
42.
Round in the bottom
Narrow in the top,.
A stick in the middle playing hoppedy hop
(A churn.)
43.
What pane to doe get light from.?
(A pane of glass.)
44.
As black as silk,
As white as white as milk,
That hops on the road like hailstone
(A magpie)(continues on next page)
