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School: Scoil Áine Naomhtha, Ráth gCaola (roll number 6569)

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Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Assidium
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  1. A Song - The Extra Tillage (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    tare,
    The beans and the peas are fast climbing the air,
    This Island is all vegetation.
    The whitethorns fragrance now indicates haws,
    The blackthorns too does not falter or pause,
    The blackberry bushes obey Nature's laws.
    Though we are but a small little Nation.
    5.
    The crops are now ripening, the summer is going,
    The potatoes are sprayed and require no more hoeing,
    The men and the horses in meadows are mowing,
    All round there is great jubilation.
    The Rebels are home now, the harvest to save,
    From dungeons as gloomy and cold as the grave,
    Because of their action so valiant and brave,
    May God bless this small little nation
    (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
    Violet Hudson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkeale, Co. Limerick