School: Cros-Bhóthar (roll number 14688)
- Location:
- Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maoláin
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- (continued from previous page)15) As black as ink but ink it isn't
As white as snow but snow it isn't
It hops on the road like a marble-stone
But a marble stone it is not.
A magpie
16) What goes away between two woods
And comes home between two waters.
A man fetching water in pails.
17) Hopperin Hopperin On the Green grass
Hopperin Hopperin got a great toss
All the King's horses and the the king's men
Would not put hopperin together again.
A Hailstone
18) Riddle me. Riddle me Andy Ó
My father gave me seeds to sow.
The seeds were black
And the ground was white
Riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
He gave a letter to write.19) As white as snow and snow it isn't
As green as grass and grass it isn't
As red as a rose and a rose it isn't
As black as jet and jett it isn't
A Blackberry
- Collector
- Treasa Ní Bhriain
- Gender
- Female
