School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)

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   You may talk about the shannon scheme or growing sugar beet.
   The French men causey laying right in the Dublin street
   We will be told of agriculture and cattle better bread/ (our)
   Our lands are richer underneath than it is over head.
   V
   We call on James Dolan to whom those lines are sent.
   To make sure and bring out Leitrim case before the Parliament.
   We will be told of agriculture and cattle better bread
   Our lands are richer underneath
   Than it is overhead.
   VI
   If you are in Drumkeerin on a fair or market day.
   The boys + girls assembled there,
   Prepairing for away.
   Or going through Drumshanbo on a Sunday after Mass,
   The boys and girls assembles there
   No where can surpass.
   VII

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Corristine

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Pat Travers

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Derrinvoney Upper, Co. Leitrim