School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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- (continued from previous page)There wasn’t one there unto her would speak
But one horned bullock that came from Beleek.X. He told her his history, and she did the same.
Then with a hiccup, she fell into a dream
She dreamed she was grazing ‘way down in the bog
And that she heard Kennedy calling the dog.XI. The moorcocks were crowing, a cleg at her flank
She dreamt she was grazing down on Shannon’s bank
And when she woke she felt mighty cold
“No wonder” said the bullock, “for you’re in the Black Hole.XII. When she heard this, she commenced for to rale
Saying, “If I had my will, these ould walls I would scale.”
“Hold your tongue,” says the bullock,” say nothing
For since you were drunk, you must abide by the law.XIII. Before the magistrate, she appeared the next day
A cloth on her horn, as I had heard them say,
A split on her tail, a scrape on her face
Saying, “your worship, I’m not fit to explain the caseXIV. When the magistrate saw her, he commenced for to laugh.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Francey the Fiddler
- Other names
- Francey the Fiddler
- Francis Kelly
- Gender
- Male