School: Óméith (roll number 3001)
- Location:
- Omeath, Co. Louth
- Teacher: D. Ó Cuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 212
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- (continued from previous page)never was rained nor ran and i dried it in a towel which never was wrouhgt nor spun. I washed itin the dew and died it in the sun.
A creature witha beard but no chin. Must be taken out of bed to be tucked in.
An Oyster.
A round - bellied father, a long- legged mother and three children one as big as the other.
A pot and pothooks.
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever, but you could not guess that.
A pipe.
I have a little man up in the field when i pull his leg his nose will bleed.
A pump.
I have a little red man who eats all i give him and none at all.
A Fire.
Four running and four shaking, two(continues on next page)
