School: St Oran's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éibhir
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    There was a man one time and he was going to build a house.

    There was a man one time and he was going to build a house. There was a rock and he said he would build it on top of that rock. Then he went down and began to spot out where he would build it. The wee woman came out and told him not to be building there. He asked why and she said that it would fall. He asked her what she would give him if he would not build it there and she told him to come back in the morning. When he went back in the morning she gave him a bag of corn.
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  2. These verses were written by Edward Mc Grory, (86) Backhill, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, ion the year 1875 when he was hired in Scotland. It is name "A song of the Humped Hippocrite that serves on Jolly Hill."
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Edward Mc Grory
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Meenagory, Co. Donegal