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School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)

Location:
Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 21

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    We were ten in bonny Breenagh twenty golden years ago,.
    Five were boys and five were girls twenty happy years ago,
    We together sang and sported, happy as the birds in June,
    We together heaped the harvest 'neath the smiling stubble moon.
    Kind old father, careful mother, o'er our labour watched the while,
    Watched and prayed that sinful pleasures might their children ne'er beguile.
    After prayers our elder brother put his violin in tune,
    And we kept a merry vigil till arose the stubble moon.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Brigid Mc Ginley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breenagh, Co. Donegal