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School: Kilnaleck (B.)

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Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Máirtín
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    If a mother wants to put a baby asleep she repeats the following rhyme:-

    I'll tell you a story,
    About Johnny McGlory
    he went to the wood
    and shot a tory
    I'll tell you another
    about his brother
    he went to the wood
    and shot another
    I'll tell you another
    about his mother
    she went to the wood
    and killed another.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan