School: Teampoll Árdáin
- Location:
- Templeboy, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Annraoi Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 004
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1 It is white and it is black and it hops in the road like a hail stone. Magpie
2 As I sat on my "hunkers" I looked through my winkers and I saw the 'dead' burying the "live". The ashes on the coals
3 Long legs, crooked thighs small head and no eyes. The tongs
4 As round as an apple as deep as a cup - All the men in Derry would not lift it up. A Well
5 A man and his wife and twelve little children as black as each other. The clock's face.
6 There is a little man who stands in the field. When you pull his leg his nose will bleed. The Pump
7 Black and white and read all over. Newspaper
8 Patch upon patch without any stitches Head of Cabbage
9 A field full of white cows and a big red cow among them. The mouth.
10 What goes up when the rain comes down ? An umbrella
11 It asks not questions but it requires many answers. The knocker.(continues on next page)
