School: Pollréamoinn (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Pollremon, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Duibhghiolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)21. As black as ink as white as snow, and it hops on the road like a marble stone. Answer: A magpie.
22. Black and white and read all over. Answer: A book.
23. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man. Answer: A penny.
24. It goes to grass and never eats it goes to water and never drinks. Answer: A horse-shoe.
25. Bought by the yard and worn by the foot. Answer: A carpet.
26. Halfpenny wet and halfpenny dry four pence halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before four pence half pence and a halfpenny more. Answer: A shilling.
27. Long legs and crocked theighs small head and no eyes. Answer: A tongs.
28. As I went up the road as I went down the road and I carried the road on my back. Answer: A ladder.
29. Antie, Auntie loths with long petty(continues on next page)
