School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)
- Location:
- Cill Mobhí, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 111
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“Little orphan Annie's come to our house to stay, To wash the cups and saucers up, And brush the crumbs away...”
(continued from previous page)And the gobble ones will get you if you don’t watch out,
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And one time a little girl would always laugh and grin
And make fun of everyone and all her blood and kin,
And once there was company and the old folks were there,
She mocked them and shocked them and said she did not care,
And just as she kicked her heels and turned to run and hide,
There were two great big black things astanding by her side,
And they snatched her through the ceiling before she knew what she could do
And the gobble ones will get you if you don’t watch out.
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And little orphan Annie says when the blaze is blue,
And the lamp wick sputters and the wind goes woo-oo
And you hear the crickets quit and the moon is gray,
And the lightning bugs in dew are all squenched away
You better mind your parents and your teachers(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mamie Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- An Roisín Thiar, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Thomas Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- An Roisín Thiar, Co. Mhaigh Eo