School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 127
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A fairy went a marketing
She bought a little fish;
She put it in a crystal bowl,
Upon a golden dish.
An hour she sat in wonderment,
And watched its silver gleam.
And then she gently took it up,
And slipped it in a stream.
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A fairy went a marketing
She bought a coloured bird,
It sang the sweetest, shrillest song,
That ever she had ever had.
She sat beside its painted cage,
And listened half the day
And then she opened wide the door,
And let it fly away.
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A fairy went a marketing,
She bought a winter gown,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Kitty Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
