School: Cromadh (B.) (roll number 9306)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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“I am a cake from Ballybake, I ran away from two old maids...”
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“I am cake, I come from Ballybake All the ways I came today...”
1. From Dick O'Donnell, 13 1/2. Dalta Scoile, who got the rann from Johnnie Tierney, aged 82 years.I am a cake, I come from Ballybake
All the ways I came today
And this is all I have to say:
This is a glorious day to bake
But I'll be back to Ballybake.The old man does not remember any of the "chain-story", only the rann.(no title)
“There was a small woman and a small man living in a small house...”
(2) From Willie Lane, 12 years, Dalta Scoile, who got it from his father. Thos. Lane, farmer, 59 years, Donoman, Croom.A fragment only:There was a small woman and a small man living in a small house: The woman made a cake(continues on next page)