School: Caroreigh (roll number 6700)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamas Ó Cellaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Coolgrainey thought of a plan
And sent it down to Red Sam
Red Sam went hopping
And sent it down to Mrs Hoppley
Mrs Hoppley rocking the cradle
She sent it down to Francis Hogan
Francis Hogan let a ---
And sent it back to Jim Rack
Jim Rack let a blow of the horn
And sent it into Pat Gorman
Pat Gorman got mad and crazy
And sent it up to Tom Leary
- In olden times , the only way that the people had to know anything, that was happening in any other district, was by the travelling folk. They would always stay a couple of nights in every district, and tell everything they heard since the last visit.
A woman named Peg Sullivan came always to our house.
In the day time she always had the cat on her lap and she would be saying(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bessie Banville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford
- Collector
- Mary O' Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford
