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School: Valleymount

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Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Cochláin
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    "Not I said the cow
    "No I would not treat a poor bird so
    I gave you a wisp of hay
    But I took no nest away.
    Moow" said the cow.
    "O no Baa Baa said the sheep
    O no I would not treat a poor bird so
    I gave you wool to line the hay
    But I took no nest away.
    Baa Baa" said the sheep
    O no I would not treat a poor bird so.
    Cluck! Cluck! said the hen
    Donot ask me again
    Why I have not a chick
    That would do such a trick
    We all a gave you a feather
    And you wove them together.
    And we scorn to entrue on your Broom.
    Cluck Cluck said he
    Do not ask me again.
    A little boy hung down his head
    (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)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cassie Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigacurra, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Lawlor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Stone-cutter
    Address
    Carrigacurra, Co. Wicklow