School: Liathdruim

Location:
Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0003

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  1. Ballicted by Marry Kenny Newtown daily her father, Edward Kenny aged 60 years
    Carrowkeel Well
    This well, to all I do appeal
    Was Once, great use, to Carrowkeel.
    Enclosed in, by its little bank
    it's the purest water e'er was drank
    On Sundays when o'erpowered by heat
    I sought this well which was no cheat
    It won't set me mad not make me blind
    Or make me leave my cash behind
    Or make me hideous to view
    As some spring wells are want to do
    And whose watery oft doth pass
    Through the chalice at the Holly Mass
    But some vile demon to me unknown
    Hath closed it up with fire and stone
    But through his mischief he has surely sought
    The Punishment Tantalus has got
    And Charon soon his sails will fix
    A and sail over the river Styx
    Chiefly Mass people calling to the well As result of unheeded repeated warnings, the well was closed up. Soon after the lines of the other page were penned beside the closed well. the occupiers referred to gots highly indignant and sent for Mr Swifte.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown Daly, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Edward Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Newtown Daly, Co. Galway