School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 071
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“A man was going home one night on an ass and cart.”
(continued from previous page)wake.' The cat jumped out the window and never came back.When two cats are mewing one is saying to the other "Will you buy me a new dress?"
"Yes, what sort"
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“A Verse That the Wren Boys Say Is:”
A verse that wren-boys say is —"The blue cuckoo she had but two"
And did not know how to rear them
The little wren had nine or ten
She reared them up to be fine big men
She dipped their tails in a bottle of beer
And wished you all a Happy New Year