School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)
- Location:
- Lickerrig, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0051
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- (continued from previous page)I have a red cow and she sits by the wall
She eats all I give her and drinks none at all.
(A Fire)A fiddler in Dublin had a brother a fiddler in Cork
But the fiddler in Cork had no brother a fiddler in Dublin
(The fiddler in Dublin was his sister)Two brothers we are great burden we bare
We're full all day and empty at night
(A pair of boots)If a hen and a half laid an egg and a half in a day and a half
How many would a hen lay in a week
(Seven eggs)Little red Nancy with a little red nose
The longer she lives the shorter she grows.
(A Candle)(continues on next page)
