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   “There was a widow in this place who had three darling sons...”

   

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   He had one only daughter and she was a beauty bright, She said unto her father "This young man I go to see, Before he went to College he was a school-boy along with me". VIII She was invited into the parlour where she drank both ale and wine, She says, "You are a clever young fellow, I will have you resign, What makes you be a clergyman, don't you know you are astray, A clergyman must rise by night and travel hard by day. What are you but a widow's son, and that both poor and mane Oughtn't you think it a great honour such a lady to obtain. IX I have ten thousand pounds a year and on you I will bestow". He says "My honourable lady, do not explain your mind, If you offer me ten thousand more I ne'er shall wed a wife For in this holy situation I mean to end my life, Come then clear damsel say no more, I ne'er shall wed a wife".

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eilís Ní Churáin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lyracrumpane, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Tadhg O Curáin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   Over 50

   Address

   Lyracrumpane, Co. Kerry