School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)

Location:
Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 116

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  1. A Local Song (continued)

    It was in the charming month of June,

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    song.
    Our Irish sons behind the guns.
    Will be remembered long, for their bravery in the firing lines.
    They have made a gallant stand.
    And "Fág a bealach" was they cry. And "God save Ireland"
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  2. If you were to ask a question, or say something & then forgot about it just [as?] the opportunity arose to say it, people would say - : "It must be a lie when you cannot think of it".
    Pentecost Sunday for accidents ; avoid anything which might cause an accident.
    Better for man that he never were born, than have his nails on a Sunday shorn.
    Cut them on Monday cut them for wealth, cut them on Tuesday cut them for health, cut them on Wednesday cut them for better, cut them on Thursday cut them for a letter, cut them on Friday cut them for a wife, cut them on Saturday cut them for a long live, cut them on Sunday cut them for evil, for all of that week you will be ruled by the devil.
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