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   “There lived a man named Mr Dunne...”

   

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   There lived a man named Mr Dunn and he used to compose poetry and songs. He got them printed in a big book. After work every evening he would write a poem or story. The neighbours did not like him because he spent all the evening inside composing poems and he would not come out to talk. He had one half of the book with Irish songs in it and the other with English ones in it.
   Before he died he gave the book to a grandaughter of his who lived in England. She studied this book and now she is making poems herself. The names of two

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Vida Strong

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Callanfree House, Co. Cavan