School: Clareen, Birr
- Location:
- An Cláirín, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 283
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- (continued from previous page)(7)It has four corners, it is in a corner, it goes from house to house and never leaves the corner.
A. Postage stamp.(8) Triddle, uddle, uddle, Dancing in the puddle, with a pair of yellow heels and a green cap on.
A. A duck.(9)The lazy old father, the hard working mother, twelve little children, as black as each other.
A. A clock.(10)As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, All the king's horses couldn't pull it up.
A. A well.(11)Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes.
A. A pair of tongs.(12) As I went through a slippery slobbery gap, I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
A. A cherry.(13)My back is bare, my belly is thin, I wear my guts outside my skin. I've but three teeth and ne'er a tongue, And i make fun for old and young.
A. A fiddle.
