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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
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Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 420

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  1. Old Song (continued)

    “As St Nevin once was travelling”

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    420
    The King went to the parlour
    To fetch him out the bird
    With the very laste intention
    Of sticking to his word.
    St Kevin took the gandher
    From the arms of the King
    He first began to 'twig' his beak
    and then to stretch his wing
    Chorus
    He 'hushed' him up into the air
    And he flew 30 miles around
    "Im thankful to your majesty
    For that little bit of ground
    So the King to raise a "ruction"
    He called the saint a witch
    And he sent for his 6 sons
    To heave him in the ditch.
    Chorus
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gilbane
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Gilbane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughriman, Co. Leitrim