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School: Mullinavat Convent

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Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 182

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  1. A Poor Scholar

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    On a warm Summer's day a poor scholar was travelling the road from Callan to New Market he passed a public house on his journey and on the sign board was written
    Weary traveller as you pass by
    Come in and and try.
    The flavour of my honey.
    He wrote under this.
    "Sad and weary,
    I must pass by.
    For I can not try the flavour of your honey
    For if I went in.
    The bees would sting
    For I have got no money.
    He continued on his journey until he he came to the lodge gates of a very big gentleman's house. He was about to enter when he noticed the following lines
    Turk, Jew or Atheist
    May enter here but not a Papist
    Underneath he wrote,
    The man who wrote it wrote it well,
    For the same was written on the gates of hell.
    After the famine there was a wealthy gentleman
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Flannery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Flannery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Buckstown, Co. Kilkenny