School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 531
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- There is a little house and a mouse could not sit in it. Yet all the men in town would not count all the windows in it.
(Thimble)Why is the letter "b" like a fire?
Because it make boil of oil.You saw it once but never again will see it
(Yesterday)Uncle David has timber feet and iron toes upon my word he'd frighten the crows.
A GunI often rode that little horse that never ate bit but often killed a man.
A TrainHow many sticks go to make a crow's nest
The sticks don't go - they are taken.As round as a marble, as flat as a pan
Half a woman and all a man
HalfpennyWhat three countries fit in a dish.
Turkey, Greece and China.I have a field and in the field there is a house and in the house there is a room and in the room there is a press and int he press there is a cup and in the(continues on next page)
