School: Doire Chonaire (roll number 4845)
- Location:
- Derryconnery, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0280, Page 411
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- (continued from previous page)siúd leis ar lúascadh é.
- Tagann a lán páistí le chéile i bpáirc agus bíonn ceann acu mar mháthair agus ceann eile mar sionnach agus bíonn an cuid eile mar sicíní. Seasuigheann an sionnach i lár na páirce agus tagann na sicíní taobh thíar dá mháthar agus théigheann síad tímcheall an sionnaig agus bíonn an máthair a rád. "Chickens come flock, come flock, I sold all my buttermilk every drop, what time is it now fox."
Fox - "Ten o'clock."
Mother - "What do want?"
F. - "I want a needle."
M. - "What do you want the needle for?"
F. - "To sew a bag."
M. - "What do you want the bag for?"
F. "To bring in sand."
M. - "What do you want the sand for?"
F. "To 'edge' a knife."
M. - "What do you want the knife for"?
F. - "To cut the head off a chicken."
Tugann an sionnach fogha fé na sicíní annsan. Má beireann sé ortha agus dhá láimh(continues on next page)
