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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 406

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    Whilst Owen was mad to be plucking
    The English clan up by the root
    Where regicide Oliver revelled
    With his Puritan Ironside hord
    And cut down both marble and monarchy -
    Grimly and grave with the sword.
    III
    There in that old town of history
    England in famed Ninety-Eight
    Was busy with gallows and yeomen
    Prepounding the laws of the State.
    They were hanging a young lad, a rebel,
    On the gibbet before the old jail,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary M. Bennett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Cooragurteen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    William Bennett
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cooragurteen, Co. Cork