School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0227
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Between two irons they did it turn
When it was stripped without its skin
They found a hole to put it in?
A potato.Stiff, stout, standing in a bed
First white and then red
And any girl in this land
Can catch it in her hand
And throw it into the pit before hen?
A turnip.As white as milk
And it is not milk
As green as grass
And it is not grass
As red as blood
And it is not blood
As black as ink
And it is not ink?
A blackberry.What is it that is cut, and served
And never eaten?
A deck of cards.(continues on next page)
