School: An Corr Dubh (roll number 14339)

Location:
Corduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giolla'n Átha
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  1. Little bubble in, little bubble out, may a four footed deer take him away in his mouth
    A cat and a mouse.
    As I went up the country I saw a great wonder four and twenty geese tearing the world asunder
    A man harrowing.
    What goes around the house and round the house and leaves a leaf in every window
    The snow
    Your standard four dillydanders two hookers two crooners and one wagging about a cow
    Down in yonder meadow there is a cow out spitting and skitting about give her wind and she will fly give her water and she will die
    Fire.
    The King of Moracco he built a ship and in that ship his daughter lay and I am to be slane if I told her name
    And
    In yonder meadow here is a cup and all the men in Derry would not lift it up
    (continues on next page)
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