Our Class Kennings

Primary 3 were working hard in literacy, creating their own Kennings poems.

A Kenning poem describes a subject using a series of two-word, hyphenated phrases (kennings) that act as riddles, hinting at the object without naming it, like "whale-road" for sea or "bone-house" for body, originating from Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon poetry but used today for creative description and guessing games.

Have a look below to see their fantastic work:

Doctor

Good – helper

Sickness – fixer

Medicine – giver

Patient – carer

Blood – tester

Throat – checker

Temperature – taker

Heart – reader

Ear – looker

By Emily, Kai, Orlaigh & Oran

Teacher

Smart – helper

Book – marker

School – worker

Playground – minder

Good – reader

Super – organiser

Nice – writer

By Bella, Dakota & Tommy-John

Author

Book – writer

Story – maker

Tale – creator

World – inventor

Book – maker

By Polly, Sean, Jack & Clea

Footballer

Fast – runner

Mad – screamer

Knee – slider

Good – striker

Goal – shooter

Penalty – taker

Trophy- winner

By Eliott, Isla, Thomas, Finn, Elis & Ella

Police Officer

Jail – putter

Gun – shooter

Doughnut – eater

Hand – cuffer

Computer – worker

Robber – catcher

By Theo, Aoibheann, Noah & Aoibh