School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)
- Location:
- Forgney, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs B. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 465
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- In sweet July when the leaves were green.
There was a wedding held one day,
In the town of famed Roscrea.
There was many a guest
And I was one, among the rest.
Such a lot from Carnmore
About eleven and twenty score
All deaf, dumb, lame, blind
Tinkers, tailors, soldiers and brogue-makers
Sellers of tin, Trick o' the Loops, and thimble-men.
Pat pulled the cord within the wall,
There rang a bell,
And in came all!
- Through a rock, through a reel,
Through and old spinning-wheel,
Through a basin full of pepper
Through a shink shank bone,
Surely, such a riddle,
Never was known.
Answer, "A Moth"
