School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)
- Location:
- An Dubhais, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)and torn, to the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with crumbledy horn, that pitched the wee dog over the barn, that worried that cat, that killed the rat, that cut the cord, that tied the sack, that held the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.
2. The Crooked crab tree.
This is played on the same lines as 'the house that Jack built".
Take that. What is that? That is the crooked crab tree.
Take that. What is that? That is the crooked grass, that grew crooked under the crooked crab tree.
Then - That is the crooked horse that ate the crooked grass that grew crooked under the crooked crab tree.
Finally each player has the following to get over: That is the crooked hen that laid the crooked egg, that the crooked child ate, that the crooked
- This is played on the same lines as 'the house that Jack built".
Take that. What is that? That is the crooked crab - tree.
Take that. What is that? That is the crooked grass, that grew crooked under the crooked crab - tree.
Then - That is the crooked horse that ate the crooked grass that grew crooked under the crooked crab - tree.
Finally each player has the following to get over: That is the crooked hen that laid the crooked egg, that the crooked child ate, that the crooked(continues on next page)
