School: Laragh
- Location:
- An Láithreach, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: M. Ní Riain
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- "As I was going to the fair of Athy
I met a fair lady, I said;
Well my fair lady and your
score of geese"
I haven't a score, but if I had seven
and half as many more, two and a half
would make a score."
"Hopw many had she, and hoe many did she want to have?
Answer She had seven, she wanted thirteen."In yonder meadow-there is a goose,
And she is large of her size,
And the men that go near her
Have need to be wise.
She has feet in her belly,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lena Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Liataire, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Philip Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Liataire, Co. an Chabháin