School: Drumkerl
- Location:
- Drumkerril, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Aoidh
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- (continued from previous page)16. Chip, Chip Cherry, and all the men in Derry would not climb chip chip cherry. Smoke.
17. Alive in the front, dead in the middle
Christened behind, tell me the riddle. A man ploughing
18. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan.
One side a woman, the other a man. A penny.
19. Long legs, short thighs, little head no eyes.. The tongs.
20. I have a little house. It would not
hold a mouse.
But has as many windows as the king's bug house. A thimble
21. As I was going to Cavan, I saw a dreadful wonder
Four & 20 wild geese, tearing the world asunder.
A man harrowing.
22. Black I am tho much admired
Men worked at me till they grew tired
They broke my bones and tore my face
And brought me rom my resting place. Turf.
23. Black I am, tho much admired,
Men and horses I have tired
Gold & solver I have cost
And in the dunghill I am lost Coal(continues on next page)
