School: Doire Chonaire (roll number 4845)
- Location:
- Derryconnery, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0280, Page 412
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- (continued from previous page)do chur tímcheall a muinéil táid 'marbh.' Bíonn sé dhá mharbhú go dtí go mbionn síad go léir marbh agus an mháthair gá gcosaint air.
- Bíonn na leanbhaí in dhá dhream, an uimhir ceadna ins gach dream agus greim ar lámhaibh a chéile, agus íad ar aghaidh a chéile amach, trí nó ceathar slat slíghe eatorra. Annsan canann dream acu an rann so agus téigheann síad ar aghaidh agus i dtreó an dreama eile ar chúl agus ar aghaidh arís agus ar chúl.:-
"Here we go gathering nuts of May, nuts of May, nuts of May.
Here we go gathering nuts of May, this cold and frosty morning."
Canann an dream eile acu an bhéarsa so agus téigheann síad isteach is amach dhá úaire:-
"Whom do you want for your nuts of May, nuts of May, nuts of May? Whom do you want for your nuts of May, this cold and frosty morning?(continues on next page)
