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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 035

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    The more you study,
    The more you know,
    The more you know
    The more you can forget,
    The more you do forget
    The more you forget
    The less you know.
    So why study?
    2
    I went around a strait crooked corner
    To see a dead donkey die.
    I put up my pistol to shoot him
    But he landed me one in the eye.
    3
    O the gallant Duke of York,
    Had five hundred men at work,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    18
    Occupation
    Farmer's son
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon