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School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 467

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    When Rover came to live with us,
    He was so very small.
    He went right under pussy,
    Without touching her at all.
    II
    He came when I was only three,
    All curly, shiney black.
    He swiftly grew up big and strong,
    And rode me on his back.
    III
    They saw although eleven years old,
    I’m still a little boy.
    And Rover though he is only eight,
    I growning old and stard
    This poem was made by George Logan, Ratheforker, Co. Donegal
    He was my half-brother who died when he was seventeen years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruby Logan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    George Logan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male