School: Carraig Áluinn (roll number 16.474)
- Location:
- Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0228, Page 055a
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- 1. "Round the green gravel":-Round the green gravel the grass grows green
And many a lady is fit to be seen,
Dressed in a silk, washed in milk
Last pops down.2. Same game:-Ring a ring of roses
A pocket full of posies,
A, sha, a sha
We all pop down.3. "Tilly":-Tilly, go around the sun,
Tilly go around the moon
Tilly go around the chimney-pot
The sun is as the moon.3. "Draw, draw a bucket of water":-Draw, draw, a bucket of water,
For my lady's daughter
One in a rush, two in a bush
Pity my lady, come under my bush.4. "Nuts in May":-I
Here we go gathering nuts in may
Nuts in May, nuts in May,
Here we go gathering nuts in May
On a cold and frosty morning.(next page)(continues on next page)
