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School: Attymass G

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Attymass, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs B. Flannelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 135

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    As black as ink as white as snow and it hops on the road like hailstones. - A magpie
    Round the house and round the house and peeps in every hole. - The sun.
    Clotty Molotty that lived in the lane everyday washing and no day clean - A duck.
    When was beef the highest - When the cow jumped over the moon.
    What is everybody doing together - Getting old.
    Hairy in hairy out hairy into hairy's mouth - A cat eating a mouse.
    I had a little house and it wouldn't fit a mouse and it has as many windows as a gentleman's house. - A thimble.
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