School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)
- Location:
- Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 74
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- (continued from previous page)Then when the moon begins to wane, and stars are growing dimmer,
They know that dawn’s approaching, that ere day they must disband.
Oe’r dewy meads and moors they group as dawn begins to glimmer—
Back to their homes, in hill and glen, scattered throughout the land.(continues on next page)
- Bonfire Night(1)The evening shades are falling, and the summer sun's gone down,A grey mist's creeping lazily across the bogland brown,Come! let us hasten, ere it's late, to gather peat and whins;There's plenty bog-wood on the moor and turf on Arnaduns,We'll bring them to the usual spot on Ned O'Donnell's Height,For our town shall not be behind upon a Bonfire Night!(II)Sure, willing hand to help us, soon, will come from many a part;And Micky's John has promised us to his horse and cart:Yonder comes John, with horse and cart, down(continues on next page)
