School: Dangan (roll number 7352)

Location:
An Daingean (King), Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Thomas O' Flynn
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Sold his mother and bought a a cow
    The cow died and Taidy cried
    She got married to a black
    And never came back
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Rhyme
    14 pigs in Rye field rooting
    13 geese in the green field grazing
    12 Parsons in their pulpits preaching
    11 Ladies in their chambers dancing
    10 Cooks with their hands greasy
    9 Wash women with their hands sudsy
    8 Yellow hammers with their ovens baking
    7 Mag pies in the crooked crabtree croaking
    6 Little mares well shod and well shorn with their tails and their manes in full uniform
    5 white squirrels
    4 Hare heralds
    3 Plump partridge
    2 ducks and a little fat hen
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Declan Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Liscolvan, Co. Ros Comáin