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Scrabby, Co. Cavan
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Hugh Murray
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    Long ago there lived a poet in our house. His name was Flood. He wrote many poems but few are remembered. This is a verse of one of his poems.
    If you were to see the Scrabbly boys
    On top of Shidhamm hill
    They were like a squad of infantry
    Marching out to drill
    With the spades upon their shoulders
    The holes they quickly bored
    For to decorate and ornament
    Around Lough Gourma Shore.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kate Anni Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scrabby, Co. Cavan