School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 397
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- (continued from previous page)As grey as a badger
As fat as a fool
As cross as a briar.
- One day a party were out hunting. There were eleven of them in it. When they were coming home that evening one of them said that he had better count the party for fear that any of them might be missing. So he began to count and he could only count ten because he forgot to count himself.Each of the eleven counted but each forgot to count himself. They were distressed & went back to look for the lost one On their way they met a man who asked them why they were so sad. They said that here(continues on next page)
