School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)

Location:
Windfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Lócháin
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  1. Young people pay attention and the truth I will lay down.
    It's all about a moving bog which occurred in Rushestown.
    This little bog began to roar like cannon's in the wall.
    And soon it filled the valley and down with the fall.
    The people came in hundreds to view it up and down.
    And such a site was never seen in the land of Rushestown.
    Composed by Patrick Donlon, Curragh Dub.
    It is about a bog that moved on November 12th 1901.
    The bog is about one mile to the west of this school and about a half mile to the west of the village of Rushestown.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Breheny
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Rushestown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Composed by Patrick Donlon, Curragh, Dublin.