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School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

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Meencargagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín Nic Ghiolla Uain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 161

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    If he’d join those Boys in Blue.”
    IV
    Just then a whistle pierced the air,
    “The Express,” someone cried,
    And with a feeble trembling step
    An old man passed us by;
    Just then a casket
    Next a box was lowered to the ground,
    It was an eager tearful crowd
    That gathered all around.
    V
    “Don’t handle him so roughly, boys,
    For that’s our darling Jack,
    He left us just as you are now,
    See how he’s coming back;
    He’s broken his dear mother’s heart
    And mine is broken too.”
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croaghonagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    57
    Address
    Croaghonagh, Co. Donegal