School: Leamh-choill
- Location:
- Drumsillagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Ghadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 015
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"Middie-Maddie", round body, three legs and a wooden hat."
Ans.= Pot.A 'bannock' of bread, a shelfful of crumbs, Riddle me that and I will give you two thumbs - Ans= Moon and Stars"Although I've teeth, I never eat food, either cooked or raw
And yet it's true, I've never seen, the things I often saw."
Ans. a saw sawing woodI went to the wood and got it. I sat down to look for it.
and I came home because I could not find it.
Ans- a thorn in the foot.Through the wood and through the wood and never touches the wood. Ans- a knife in a man's pocket"Madie, Daddie, with the round black body, and a big flat hat.
What's that? - a potFour stick-standards - Four kiddie danders
Two waggers and a grower down - - a cowHuddie Duddie in a puddle
With a green gown and a white petticoat - a rush.I am ever yet was never. What am I - eternity Deep down in the earth is the place of my birth. Your home I make bright, yet I am black(continues on next page)
