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School: Tullyallen, Drogheda (roll number 854)

Location:
Tullyallen, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 037

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  1. A Funny Story (continued)

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    an having found the mirror, she looked in and said, "So that is the "ould fagot" he is going to Dublin to see, and a dirty "ould thing she is, and indeed she might wash her face."
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  2. Old Song

    “I used to over-sleep myself each morn...”

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    I used to over-sleep myself each morn.
    I never got up early since the day that I was born.
    But last week I struck, upon a fine idea.
    I went to the market, and it does sound queer.
    I bought a pretty rooster, the kind that does'nt lay.
    I put him underneath my bed.
    And now I'm glad to say
    Chorus
    Every morning, every morning, everything is quite all right
    I don't need a "knocker up", I
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English