School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 04_016
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- (continued from previous page)Under the fire and over the fire and it never touches the fire. A cake in an oven.
Under the water and over the water and it never touches the water. The sun.
Around the house there is a well and in the well there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must taste. Death.
As black as a pot, as white as snow and hops on the ground like stones. A magpie.
I know an article as small as a mouse, it has more windows than King George's house. A thimble.
Forty sheep went out a gap, a man and his dog followed that. How many feet was that. Two. King Georges,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael J. Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
