School: An Gort Mór (roll number 8984)
- Location:
- Gortmore North, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Máire Nic Cárrain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 041
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- (continued from previous page)cake said "I am running a woman a man a dog and a Wolf a race and I will run you one too." Then the fox said "Come nearer my dear and shout it into my ear" Then the cake went over to shout it into her ear and the fox snapped at it and ate up the cake. That was the end of the cake that rolled out of the range.
A Local Song
“Here is the Old Park Rovers”
Once upon a time there was an old song made on a football match. It was made by a man called Mick Mc Entee from three Mile House. It was made about the year nineteen thirty five. The name of the song was "The Old Park Rovers"The first verse is-
"Here is to the Old Park Rovers.
Boys who wore the green and white.
Their native colours they did carry
Through many a bitter fight.
Long may they live to roll the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eoghan Ó Cléireachán
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Felix Clerkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Skeagh, Co. Monaghan
