School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Cnoc na Góla, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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- (continued from previous page)She walks upon none;
She goes far away,
and seldom come homes
(A Ship)
- A little man sitting by a wall
He eats all he can
and drinks nothing at all.
A Fire.Riddle me riddle me see.
What shall the riddle be.
Through a rock,
Through a reel,
Through an old spinning wheel,
Through a basinful of pepper,
Through an old mill-hopper,
Through a shing shang bone.
And such a riddle was never known.
A Moth.
What is the shiest thing in(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
