School: Roisín (roll number 12395)
- Location:
- Rusheen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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Old Songs
“Long ago songs and stories were the subject of winter evenings in the houses and huts of the people.”
Long ago songs and stories were the subject of winter evenings in the houses and huts of the people. These songs were sometimes made by the people themselves, but they were never printed in books or papers. The following little song was once made about a hill in my own district by a Mac Sweeney man.I passed by Cahernafulla hill.
Beside a little winding rill,
The sky was clear, the winds were still.I looked upon the smiling plain.
And thought of Norman and of Dane.
Whose plans were bold as they were vain.I saw the lonely spreading wold,
Where so the thrilling tale is told
The robber hid the keg of gold.I marked the Glashagarrive stream
Dancing beneath the sunny beam
Between the hills of a silver seam.
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- Tim Cotter
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