School: Rathowen (B) (roll number 5101)
- Location:
- Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mc Garry
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0741, Page 244
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- It was at the sign of the bell, on the rod to Clonmel
Paddy Hegarty kept a neat shebeen
He sold pigs' meat and bread, Kept a good lodging bed
And so well liked the country he had been
Himself and his wife both struggled through life
On weeks days Pat mended the ditches
But on Sunday he dressed in a coat of the best
But his pride was his ould leather breeches
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For twenty one years at least it appears
His father those breeches had run in
The morning he died he to his bedside
Called Paddy his own darling son in.
Advice then he gave ere he went to his grave
He bid them take care of his riches
Says he its no use to jump into my shoes
But I wish youd leap into my breeches(continues on next page)
- Collector
- T.F. Mc Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Bernard Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 35
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Windtown, Co. Westmeath
