There was old man with a flute,

Who danced a jig in his boot.

He had a cat named Ginger,

Who was a bit of a whinger,

And he ran to Kanturk with the flute!

Odhran Murphy, Senior Infants

There was an Old Man in a tree,

Who got badly stung by a bee.

When jumped on the floor,

And banged on the door,

Eventually he landed on his knee!

Peter McCarthy, Senior Infants

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,

Who never had more than a penny.

He spent all his money,

Going to places that are sunny,

This wise old man from Kilkenny!

My Farm

My farm is in Taur. We have different types of cows on the farm. We have Angus cows, White heads and Limousines. We have bullocks and calves too. We spread slurry on the farm. We put the slurry into the slurry tank and we spread it on the field.  We also spread manure. We spread the slurry and manure to get the grass to grow. At the weekend we tagged all the calves. I chased the calves and put them into the small crush. When the calves are in the crush the vet tags them. We tag the calves so we can find out who their mother is and if the calves get lost, we know what tag to look for. Once one of our cows got lost, and a man found the cow. We knew it was our cow because of her tag! The best thing about farming is looking at the cattle and hunting the cows.

By Cormac Fitzpatrick, Senior Infants