School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)
- Location:
- Lickerrig, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0050
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- How many pullets at two a piece
Would purchase an acre all covered with geese.
And each goose to stand on four inches square.
And geese to be sold at two and six pence per pair. Riddle riddle ree
Such a riddle could not be.
Through a rock, through a reel
Through an old car wheel
Through a sheep's shin bone
Riddle that or leave it alone.
(A Mill)A hardworking father
A wee lazy mother
Twelve little children
And the all the one colour.
(A Clock)The man that made it never wore it. The man that wore it never saw it
(A Coffin)(continues on next page)
