School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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“A plant called stinking Rodger grows at the edge of the ditch.”
A plant called stinking Roger grows at the edge of a ditch. The old people boil it and drink the juice. They rub wart-weed on warts. A man lived in Allenwood named Jim Baker. He could mow an acre of meadow in a day with a scythe. Mr. William Carroll, now living at Derrymullen Bridge, ran from Allenwood to Dublin and back in a day - about 56 statute miles.- Black as I am I am admired,
Horseman I often tired,
Gold and silver I have made,
And on the dunghill I am laid.
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“When ducks are eating one duck says to another "You got more than me".”
When ducks are eating one duck says to another 'you got more than me, you got more than me'. The the(continues on next page)