School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)
- Location:
- Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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- (continued from previous page)At night these came, a fearful flood,
Three days the skies had poured.
The top wi' foam and the bottom wi' mud
The burn in fury roared.She says Guid man Ye need us' turn
Sae pale in the dim firelight,
Stumpy canna' cross the burn
We'll na' be here the nightFor it's owe the bank and its owe the binn,
It's owe the meadows rig.
"Aye" says the Ghist couin' [?] clatterin' in,
An' he gi'ed the auld wife a slap on the chin
"But I came round by the brig"They sold their gear, and owe the sea
To a foreign land they went -
To a foreign land, but who can flee
From appointed punishmentThe ship swam o'er the water clear
Wi' the help of the western breeze
But the very first sound in guilty fear[?]
Was the tapping o' those two knees(continues on next page)