School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 301
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- (continued from previous page)The sloe (slow) tree.
As black as ink, as white as milk
And it hops on the ground like a hailstone?
A magpie.
'Tis red and blue and always green
The King couldn't touch it, neither could the Queen?
A rainbow.
What is the oldest tree in the forest?
The elder tree,
What grows in the wood, sounds in the town
And earns its master many a pound?
A violin.
Useful, useless, implement
Once bought, 'tis never lent?
A coffin.
'Tis in marrow and not in bone
'Tis in priest and not in people?
The letter R
As round as an apple, as deep as a cup
And all the men in Derry couldn't pull it up?
A spring well.
What goes up when the sun goes down?
An umbrella.
Twenty sheep went up a gap
Twenty more went after that
Six and seven, twicw eleven
Two and three, how much is that?
2+3=5
The man that made it never wore it?(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Bean Uí Úada
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Oibrí tí
- Address
- Headborough, Co. Waterford
