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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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    Twelve Frenchmen all dressed in red
    With their caps upon their head (s)
    Eleven ships upon the Thain
    Some from France and some from Spain
    God send them all safe home again. (Another)
    Ten yards of black pudding would choke a dog
    Nine auld monkeys fast to a log
    Eight ould Mares stuck deep in a bog
    Seven pups all Irish born
    Six wild bears
    Five running hares
    Three black weasles
    Two white yoes
    Here's the grey goose and off she goes. (Another)
    There was a crooked man
    And he walked a crooked mile
    He found a crooked sixpence
    Upon a crooked stile
    He bought a crooked cat that killed a crooked mouse
    And they all lived together in a litle crooked house.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr F. Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Wexford