School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 321

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 321

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    she set a shoe,
    Yes sin he can and a nail too:
    Shoe the horse shoe the mare and let the littly filly run bare.
    When the person is saying this rhyme he keep hitting the child on the sole of the foot.
    See saw Margery daw the hens flew over the malt house. She reckoned her chickens one by one and all she had was twenty one. Wasn't she a dirty old witch to sell her bed and lie in the ditch root.
    The bigger people used to amuse themselvs by making things. They used to make little boats out of paper and paper hats. They used to put one big stone on the ground and then put another stone on the top.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English