School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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In our parish there is a school.
It's known as Cloonturk.
All the girls bring milk to school.
And no one can this duty shirk.II
Every morning when they come to school.
Their bottle from their bags they take.
For if they carried it around all day.
The bottle they would surely break.III
First thing in the morning when the children come in.
And are gathered around the maps.
Anyone who cannot produce a bottle.
Will at least get one or two slaps.IV
They think it hard to bring milk with them.
But when it rains and snows.
The warm milk will make them hot.
From their heads to the tips of their toes.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Peggy Newton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Moherrevan, Co. Leitrim