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School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)

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Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 236

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  3. XML “The Rector's Ride”
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  1. The Rector's Ride (continued)

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    27 Six frantic leaps: the wall is nigh,
    With beating heart and straining eye
    The thunder-stricken standers-by
    Await the dreadful leap
    She nears and plunges through the air,
    Just clears the ragged copestone bare
    With scarce a quarter-inch to spare
    Her rider safe to keep”
    28. “ Well done!” quoth Spence, while on each side
    They cheer ‘what matter how I ride
    If that my horse I sit astride
    And reach the winning post
    Full well I know my Mary Jane
    Without the aid of whip or rein
    Will do her level best to gain
    The stables of mine host’”
    29. “Straight for the market-house she flew
    And as the archway nearer drew
    Bold Tommy Russell came to view
    Nor spent his horse’s strength
    But though he galloped hard and fast
    Dame fate decreed he should be last’
    For Mary Jane the archway passed
    And beat him by a length.”
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    30. ‘And so I’ve found it in that race
    Each man on earth begins,
    It matters little how he rides
    If in the end he wins.
    FINIS
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  2. Springtime

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    James Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tievebrack, Co. Donegal