School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- An Robhar, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 025
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- (continued from previous page)Take the shape out of it.24. Goes high, falls low, wears shoes has none.
A football.25. As green as grass, but not grass, as white as snow, but not snow.
A magpie.26. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup.
The moon shining in a well.27. What runs, but never walks
A stream.28. Why would you say an elephant is never lazy.
Because he always carries his trunk.29. What has teeth but cannot eat.
A comb.
- 1. Look before you leap.
2. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
3. Good goods in small parcels
4. Every dog has his own day.
5. Unity is strength.
6. Rome was not built in a day.
7. Wilful waste makes woeful want.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Lyng
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cruán Rua Uachtarach, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Nan Lyng
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 18
- Address
- An Cruán Rua Uachtarach, Co. Chill Chainnigh
