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School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)

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Lickerrig, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0152

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  1. The Twelve Days of Christmas

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    The first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    a patridge and a pear-tree.
    The second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    two turtle doves, a patridge re
    The third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    three cunning birds, two turtle doves, re
    The fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    four fresh eggs, three cunning birds re
    The fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    five gold rings, four fresh eggs re re
    The sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    six geese laying, five gold rings re re re
    The seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    seven swans swimming, six geese laying re re
    The eight day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    eight hares running, seven swans swimming re re
    The ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    nine bears beating, eight hares running re re re
    The tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    ten maids milking, nine bears beating re re re
    The eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    eleven ladies dancing, ten maids milking re re re
    The twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
    twelve lords leaping, eleven ladies dancing re re re
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Moloney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lecarrow, Co. Galway