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1. Padraig's Cabin (continued)

   

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   plainful parting fled.
   The household seemed in deep despair the children had no bread.

   II

   Of food poor Padraigs Cabin always had a goodly share.
   From a father's honest labour and a mother's skill and care,
   And so he had food in plenty until that very day.
   When the land lords notice he received, the rack Rent for to pay.
   The cruel choice he had to make, might rent a heart to hear
   That he must sell the meal he had to feed his children dear.
   Or soon he would be roofless and his cabin in a blaze
   For the hand that would his cabin wreck his store of food would seize.

   III

   The thought of that pathetic sight shall always haunt my mind
   When I was told 2 lbs of meal was all was left behind.
   So the wretched mother told me in her sad and mourful tale.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizze Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bóithigh, Co. Liatroma

   Informant

   Mrs Kate Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bóithigh, Co. Liatroma