School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 442
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“My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf.”
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My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf.
It stood ninty years on the floor.
It was taller by far than the old man himself and it weighed not a penny weight more.
It was bought on the morn on the day he was born
And it was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped, short never to go again when the old man died.
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Ninty years without slumbering tic and tic
His life slept in slumbering tic, tic, and tic
But it stopped short never to go again when the old man died(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Niland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Niland
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo