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School: Grianán (roll number 13178)

Location:
Greenans, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máiréad Bean Uí Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 154

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    The ships come in very slow
    Sugar-stick and Candy
    Then they go round quickly saying
    The ships come in very quick
    Very quick
    Very quick
    The ships come in very quick
    Sugar-stick and Candy
    Kathleen Healy, V Class
    Pontoon
    Foxford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    In "The Farmer goes a riding" and "The duck goes a riding" the children join hands in two lines. On one line one child goes and on the other line a lot of children go. First one child goes in and chants her rhyme and the others answer it. This is the rhyme of "The Farmer goes a riding."
    The Farmer goes a riding
    A riding
    A riding
    The Farmer goes a riding
    Y.O.U.
    What are you riding here for
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pontoon, Co. Mayo