School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 411
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- (continued from previous page)There is a little thing that sits by the wall
It eats all I give it & drinks none at all.
(A fire)
There is a dresser in the wood
And in the dresser there is a drawer
And in the drawer there is a cup
And in the cup there is a sup
And everyone must taste it.
(Death)
How would you get down off an ass? There is no down on him but hair.What is it that never was and never will be? Look at your hand and you'll plainly see.
(Your little finger - it never was & never will be as big as the others.)What is smaller than a midge's mouth
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