School: Tullyallen, Drogheda (roll number 854)
- Location:
- Tulaigh Álainn, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)an having found the mirror, she looked in and said, "So that is the "ould fagot" he is going to Dublin to see, and a dirty "ould thing she is, and indeed she might wash her face."
Old Song
“I used to over-sleep myself each morn...”
I used to over-sleep myself each morn.
I never got up early since the day that I was born.
But last week I struck, upon a fine idea.
I went to the market, and it does sound queer.
I bought a pretty rooster, the kind that does'nt lay.
I put him underneath my bed.
And now I'm glad to sayChorus
Every morning, every morning, everything is quite all right
I don't need a "knocker up", I(continues on next page)