School: Snaidhm (C.) (roll number 11799)
- Location:
- Sneem, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mrs Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 117
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- (continued from previous page)(A well)
Ding, song, under a bank ten drawing four —
(Milking a cow)
As sound as a marble as flat as a pan the all of a woman and the half of a man. —
(A penny)
A churn of milk went up a hill it fell down and never spilled = (A cow's udder)
Riddle me riddle me randy ó my father gave me some seeds to sow the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me right —
(Pen ink and paper)
I have a little house and a mouse couldn't fit in it but all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it — (A thimble)
There is a little donkey tied to the wall and he would eat all the hay from this to Donegal —
(A fire)
What is it a lady looks for never wishes to get — A lather in her stocking
Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes —
(A thongs)
A little girl dressed in white got the fever and died last night — (A candle)
There is a field and in the field there is a cup that every man must taste — (Death)
The man who made it never wore it and the(continues on next page)
