School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 89
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A Dialogue (continued)
“This is a conversation which was heard between a pig jobber an some small farmers who were on their way to Derry with pigs to sell.”
(continued from previous page)gentleman " (on left), " an' A tuk money maybe from him; an' then A gang intil the booth, an' maybe putt my x " Ax " to this man's name, or, maybe A dinna put x till ayther of them, an' A've tuk their money. is that the way it is?"
Jobber "Ay, that's just the way"
(Chorus as before, with
redoubled fervour, rising into enthusiasm) "Agh, that's dacency, thats just the hoight o' dacency, that's what it is."