School: Ladhar an Chrompáin (roll number 14998)

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

   

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   X
   "Then Tom what is the reason now you won't marry this one so fair,
   Isn't she a fit companion for a duke I do declare,
   Then Tom if you don't marry her we'll have you to understand,
   Seven years' transportation to a foreign land".
   XI
   "That is bad but it could be worse", Father Tom did say,
   For Our Saviour suffered more than that when he died on Calvary",
   Then Father Tom took off his hat, and said "I have no witness here,
   But I shall call on the Almighty and He will bring me clear".
   XII
   Those words were hardly spoken when a horse came swift as wind,
   And on that horse a rider, saying "I am not here in time,
   I will have this trial called all o'er again, at which I can well reply,
   She wants two fathers for her child, that;s Father Tom and I".
   XIII
   Then Father Tom put on his hat and he began to smile,
   He said unto the mother, "May the Lord protect your child".
   They looked at one another and seeing this perjury,
   This villain was found guilty and his reverence came home free.

   

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   History Edit

   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