School: Corcaghan (roll number 16129)
- Location:
- Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: F. Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 203
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- 1. Chip chip cherry all the men in Derry could not climb chip chip cherry.
= Smoke.2. There is a goose on the river. She is proud of her size. The man that owns her ought to be wise.
= A Ship.3. As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb up the church over steeple and all
= The sun.4. What goes round and round and sleeps in the corner at night
= A brush5. What sleeps with its finger in its eye
= A crook6. What grows in the wood sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound
= A Fiddle7. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
A cabbage head.8. Why does a hen pick a pot
= Because she cannot lick it.9. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood
= Thread on a spool.10. What walks with its head down.(continues on next page)
