School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
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Because it is never too late to mendWhy is a blackbird brave
Because it never wore white feathersWhy is a shoemaker's shop so much like hell.
Because there are so many bad soles in itThere is a little house and it is full of meat and there are no doors or windows to let me in to eat
An Egg. - Why is it right to wear a coat that is too short for you
Because it will be long enough until you get anotherWhat is it that is ashamed of its face.
A ClockWhat bridge could you not walk over
The bridge of your noseWhat is black and white and read all over(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bessie Edwards
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford